顧

顧 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹土一月金 (HGMBC) or 戈土一月金 (IGMBC), four-corner 3128₆, composition ⿰雇頁)

• KangXi: page 1409, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4392, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9867

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷaːs) : phonetic 雇 (OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 頁.

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顧

1. to turn around and look; to look back
2. to look at

   環顧／环顾  ―  huángù  ―  to look around

3. to visit; to call on

   • 先帝不以臣卑鄙，猥自枉屈，三顧臣於草廬之中，諮臣以當世之事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     先帝不以臣卑鄙，猥自枉屈，三顾臣于草庐之中，谘臣以当世之事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 出師表 (Memorials on Sending Out the Troops)

     Xiāndì bù yǐ chén bēibǐ, wěi zì wǎngqū, sān gù chén yú cǎolú zhī zhōng, zī chén yǐ dāngshì zhī shì. [Pinyin]

     The Former Emperor did not consider me base and rustic; he humbled himself and thrice visited me at the thatched cottage to consult me about contemporary affairs.

4. to patronize

   顧客／顾客  ―  gùkè  ―  customer

   光顧／光顾  ―  guānggù  ―  to patronize

5. to take into consideration; to consider

   他總是不顧別人的感受。 [MSC, trad.]
   他总是不顾别人的感受。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zǒngshì bù gù biérén de gǎnshòu. [Pinyin]

   He doesn't always consider others' feelings.

6. to look after; to take care of; to attend to
7. to treasure; to care for

   奮不顧身／奋不顾身  ―  fènbùgùshēn  ―  to dash ahead without regard to one's personal safety

8. (literary) but
9. (literary) on the contrary; instead
10. a surname

    顧炎武／顾炎武  ―  Gù Yánwǔ  ―  Gu Yanwu (Chinese scholar-official during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. look back, turn back, turn around
2. remember, review, examine

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru, 顧みる, Jōyō); かえって (kaette, 顧って); ただ (tada, 顧だ)
• Nanori: み (mi)

The form 一(いっ)顧(こ) (ikko, “look back (once); reconsider”) is attested from the 11th century.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

顧(こ) • (-ko) 

1. looks back, double-takes (often as 一(いっ)顧(こ) (ikko))
2. (figuratively, chiefly in the negative) care, concern; amount one cares

   それに一(いっ)顧(こ)もしない！

   Sore ni ikko mo shinai!

   I don't care a bit about that!

顧 (eumhun 돌아볼 고 (dorabol go))

1. Hanja form^? of 고 (“look back, look after”).
2. Hanja form^? of 고 (“reflect on”).

顧: Hán Nôm readings: cố, quáy

1. trying