Taxonomy of meanings for 辜:　　

  • 辜 gū (OC: kaa MC: kuo) 古胡切 平 廣韻：【罪也 】
    • CRIME
      • nabactoriginally: severe crime, severe guilt; later, generally: crime, guilt
      • vibe guilty of a severe crime
    • EXORCISE
      • viexorcise through ritual exorcistic bath
    • PUNISH
      • vtoNexecute publicly and leave the body in the open as a public disgrace; drastic punishment
    • DISASTER
      • HATE
        • DISAPPOINTED
          • SURNAMES
            • = 固
            • = 故

            Additional information about 辜

            說文解字: 【辜】，辠也。从辛、古聲。 【古乎切】 【𡲞】，古文辜从死。

              Criteria
            • INNOCENT

              1. The standard idiomatic phrase for innocence is bù gū 不辜.

              2. Wú zuì 無罪 is a very common periphrastic phrase for general innocence.

            • CRIME

              1. The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution").

              2. Yóu 尤 refers generally to morally disreputable behaviour.

              3. Jiù 咎 (ant. láo 勞 "obtain merits") refers to an action for which one deserves blame.

              4. Dào 盜 (ant.* dé 德 "virtue") refers to morally and legally outrageous behaviour.

              5. Yuè 越 can come to refer to a failure to keep within the boundaries set by one's social status or office.

              6. Gū 辜 (ant. xún 勛 "significant contribution") is an archaising word referring to serious crimes at an early stage, but later commonly used (mostly in negated form) to refer to any crime.

              7. Tè 忒, qiān 愆, and shěng 眚 refer to a minor but culpable error.

              8. Qiān 愆 refers to a minor mistake in procedure.

              Word relations
            • Epithet: (CRIME)不/NOT
            • Contrast: (CRIME)過/CRIME The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution").