gǔ
Traditional: 鵠
鹄 (gǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target”.
Meanings
- 1center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)
- 2goal
- 3target
Related words
鸿鹄swan刻鹄类鹜to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)燕雀安知鸿鹄之志lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?白鹄(white) swan鹄swan鹄候to respectfully await鹄的bull's-eye