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 <WL>谷 [gǔ] 山谷 valley; (radical 150, 谷部); (F穀) 谷物 cereal/grain (谷子 ‘millet’)@@  [yù] 吐谷浑  [lù] (匈奴官名) 谷蠡王  [gòu] (F穀) [gào] (F穀) [què] (F穀)
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-“Picture of a valley and its mouth” —Karlgren.
+In Shuōwén 谷(􁾱𠔌) is said to combine 水 ‘water’ (abbreviated) above (i.e., missing the central stroke, rather like 呇 abbreviated), and 口(􀌼𠙵) kǒu ‘mouth’ below.
-	Among simple form characters, 谷 gǔ is also borrowed to replace 穀 gǔ ‘grain,’ which happens to have the same pronunciation.
+	Compare: 㕣(􀐂􀐃𧮲􁾸䜭􁷒􁷑沇􁝖兌).
-	In Shuōwén 谷(􁾱𠔌) is said to have 水 ‘water’ abbreviated above (i.e., missing the central stroke, rather like 呇 abbreviated); cf. 㕣(􀐂􀐃𧮲􁾸䜭􁷒􁷑沇􁝖兌).
+	“Picture of a valley and its mouth” —Karlgren.
+	Among simple form characters, 谷 gǔ is borrowed to replace 穀(􁌤𥡛) gǔ ‘grain,’ which happens to have the same pronunciation.
 	谷(􁾱𠔌) is the phonetic component in 欲(􁞯) yù ‘desire/wish’: in Middle Chinese 谷 and 欲 were in the same homophone group as 浴 yù ‘bathe’ (余蜀切); it is a component in many Shuōwén characters: 𧮲䛦鵒㕡叡睿容俗裕欲𤞞浴谿𧯆豂豅𧮯谸䜭鋊豄….
 	谷 is the 150th of the 214 Kangxi radicals.