股

meaning for 股 gǔ:

• - thigh
• - part of a whole
• - portion of a sum
• - (stock) share
• - strand of a thread
• - low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科
• - classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
• - classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
• - classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
• - classifier for sudden forceful actionsshare certificate
• - stock (finance)a share (in a company)
• - stockstock marketshareholder
• - stockholderto own a controlling number of shares in a company