估
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to estimate
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How 估 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 古 (phonetic, gǔ)
How to remember it
estimate · Heisig RSH #2060
人 person + 古 ancient
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 古
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 古 (gǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古 sound component | gǔ | old, classic, ancient |
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship, suffering |
| 胡 | hú | recklessly, foolishly; wildly |
| 居 | jū | to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit |
| 故 | gù | reason, cause; happening, instance |
| 固 | gù | to solidify; strength |
| 咕 | gū | mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble |
| 鸪 | gū | species of Taiwan pigeon |
| 沽 | gū | to buy and sell; of inferior quality |
| 蛄 | gū | mole cricket |
| 辜 | gū | crime, offense, sin |
| 祜 | hù | blessings, happiness, prosperity |
| 怙 | hù | to rely on; to presume; father (formal) |
| 钴 | gǔ | cobalt; clothes-iron |
| 罟 | gǔ | net, snare; to implicate |
| 诂 | gǔ | explanation; to comment, to explain |
| 骷 | kū | skeleton |
| 嘏 | gǔ | felicity, prosperity; large and strong |
| 轱 | gū | wheel; to revolve, to turn |
Words containing 估
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可估量 | bù kě gū liàng | inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure |
| 最大似然估计 | zuì dà sì rán gū jì | maximum-likelihood estimation (statistics) |
| 约略估计 | yuē lüè gū jì | approximate estimate; to reckon roughly |
| 环境影响评估 | huán jìng yǐng xiǎng píng gū | environmental impact assessment EIA; abbr. to 環評|环评 |
| 高估 | gāo gū | to overestimate; to overrate |
| 重估 | chóng gū | to re-evaluate |
| 估定 | gū dìng | to assess; to estimate the value |
| 据估计 | jù gū jì | according to estimates |
| 估量 | gū liang | to estimate; to assess |
| 度估 | dù gū | (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) |
| 估产 | gū chǎn | to assess; to estimate (value of property, yield of harvest etc) |
| 估堆儿 | gū duī r | to assess an entire lot |
| 估计 | gū jì | to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) |
| 估衣 | gù yi | secondhand clothes; cheap ready-made clothes |
| 估价 | gū jià | to value; to appraise; to be valued at; estimate; valuation |
| 推估 | tuī gū | to estimate |
| 低估 | dī gū | to underestimate; to underrate |
| 估算 | gū suàn | assessment; evaluation |
| 估值 | gū zhí | valuation; estimation |
| 估测 | gū cè | estimate |