WHOLE CHARACTER
够
enough; sufficient; to reach; to attain
够 stacks 多 beside the old sound piece: enough (足够) and being able (能够).
ZDIC: 形声，从多、句声.
Character Familiesleft / right
够
enough; sufficient; to reach; to attain
够 stacks 多 beside the old sound piece: enough (足够) and being able (能够).
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
left / right
ZDIC: 形声，从多、句声.
SOUND SIDE: 句 (OLD GŌU)
句
sentence; in old use also read gōu (a bend/hook)
A standalone character; characters keeping it as a piece show the sound role on their own pages (the old gōu frame, not the modern jù sound, is what carries over).
In 够: sound side: 句 (old gōu) gòu keeps the whole gōu frame of the old reading and changes only the tone; not the modern jù sound.
MEANING: 多 (DUŌ) 'MANY' — ENOUGH REACHES THE NEEDED AMOUNT
多
many; much
A standalone character (duō, many; much); when a character keeps it as a piece, the meaning or sound role is stated on that character's page.
In 够: meaning: 多 (duō) 'many' — enough reaches the needed amount Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
Tone 4
- enough; sufficient
- to reach; to attain
- 足够enough
- 能够to be able to
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