股 gǔ share
share; portion; thighs; thigh; stock
怎么记住“股”: 月 meat + 殳 weapon = share. At the family barbecue Dad carves the meat, and when the twins raise their forks like weapons he gives each the same share.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
originally 肉 + 夃
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
股 = 月 meat + 殳 weapon
- 月 meat meaning
- 殳 weapon shape only
At the family barbecue Dad carves the meat, and when the twins raise their forks like weapons he gives each the same share.
How it came to be
The flesh and an old sign for the thigh make up this word; that sign also gives the sound and later came to look like a weapon.
用法
- A share/stock, and a measure word: 股票 (gǔpiào) stocks, 股市 (gǔshì) stock market, 炒股 (chǎogǔ) to trade/speculate in stocks.
- 股东 (gǔdōng) = shareholder; 股份 (gǔfèn) = a share/equity stake.
- Measure word for streams/strands/bursts: 一股水 a stream of water, 一股力量 a surge of strength, 一股香味 a whiff of fragrance.
- Body sense: 屁股 (pìgu) buttocks; 股 originally the thigh.