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Simplified Chinese version
呱
U+5471
Seal script		哌
Alternate form

Radical:口+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.82#8 Kangxi: p.182#10 Cihai: p.269r3c05 GSR: 41.b Hanyu: v1,p0604#10
Composition:Left: 口, right: 瓜. Component of: 𥦫
Mandarin:gū guā ㄍㄨ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese:gu1 gwaa1 gwaa2 waa1
Shuowen:《口部》呱：小儿嗁声。从口瓜声。《诗》曰：“后稷呱矣。”
Guangyun:《广韵·上平声·模·孤》呱：啼声。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·口部·五》呱：《唐韵》古胡切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》攻乎切，𠀤音姑。《说文》小儿嗁声。《书·益稷》啓呱呱而泣。《班固·幽通赋》妣聆呱而刻石。《集韵》或作𠽿。又《集韵》乌爪切，音窊。义同。又叶胡误切，音护。《诗·大雅》鸟乃去矣，后稷呱矣，实覃实吁，厥声载路。
Fanqie:古胡 (《广韵·上平声·模·孤》)
Unihan definition:wail, crying of child; swear at

Example usage

《扬子法言》:呱呱之子、各识其亲。
Just as crying children only recognize their own mother.
《诗经·生民》:鸟乃去矣、后稷呱矣、实覃实吁、厥声载路。
When the bird went away, Hou-ji began to wail. His cry was long and loud, So that his voice filled the whole way.
《尚书·益稷》:启呱呱而泣，予弗子，惟荒度土功。
When (my son) Qi was wailing and weeping, I did not regard him, but kept planning with all my might my labour on the land.
《白虎通德论·姓名》:《尚书》曰：“启呱呱而泣也。”
《论衡·问孔》:癸甲开呱呱而泣，予弗子。
《太玄经·乐》:次三，不宴不雅，𠹑呱哑咋，号啕倚户。
《吴越春秋》:启生不见父，昼夕呱呱啼泣。
《列女传·启母涂山》:既生启，辛壬癸甲，启呱呱泣，禹去而治水，惟荒度土功，三过其家，不入其门。
《汉书·叙传上》:妣聆呱而刻石兮，许相理而鞠条。
《焦氏易林·遯之》:恒：襁褓孩呱，冠带成家，出门如宾，父母何忧？
《说文解字·口部》:呱：小儿嗁声。
《水经注·洭水》:但启生石中，挚呱空桑，抑斯类矣。
《艺文类聚·后妃》:曰女娇，禹取四日而去治水，启既生，呱呱而泣，禹三过其门，不入子之，涂山独明教训，启化其德，卒致令名，禹为天子，启嗣而立，能继禹之道。
《西游记》:齆齆鼻音呱詀叫，喳喳喉响喷喁哮。
《金瓶梅》:良久，只听房里“呱”的一声养下来了
《广韵·孤》:呱：啼声。
《太平御览·禹妃》:《尚书·咎繇谟》曰禹曰：“予娶于涂山，辛壬癸甲辛日娶妻至于甲日复往治水，启呱呱而泣，予弗子。”
《太平广记·李处士》:环牀呱呱而泣。
《红楼梦》:那边车上又说：“蹭了我的花儿……”这边又说：“碰折了我的扇子……”咭咭呱呱，说笑不绝
《全唐诗·别麻氏》:晓哭呱呱动四邻，于君我作负心人。
《康熙字典·五》:呱：《唐韵》古胡切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》攻乎切，𠀤音姑。

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