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格

Character

格 gé · gē

HSK 3Character2 readings

square; lattice; grid; frame

Radical
木
Strokes
10
Structure
Left–right
Parts
木 各
Traditional
格
Frequency
#273 most common character
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Readings and meanings

gé

ge2Main readingHSK 7–9
  1. square; lattice; grid; frame CC-CEDICT
  2. compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit) CC-CEDICT
  3. (bound form) standard; norm; specification CC-CEDICT
  4. (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone CC-CEDICT
  5. (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern CC-CEDICT
  6. (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case CC-CEDICT
  7. (literary) to correct; to rectify CC-CEDICT
  8. (literary) to arrive at; to reach CC-CEDICT
  9. (literary) to obstruct; to hinder CC-CEDICT
  10. (literary) to investigate exhaustively CC-CEDICT
  11. classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit CC-CEDICT

gē

ge1Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is gé.

  1. a soft laughing sound (as in 格格: to giggle)
  2. a sudden thump sound (as in 格登: the heart jumping)

Examples

  • 她格格地笑了。

    tā gē gē de xiào le

    She giggled.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 我的心里格登一下,很紧张。

    wǒ de xīn lǐ gē dēng yí xià, hěn jǐn zhāng

    My heart went thump, and I felt nervous.

    AI-generated sentence

Words that use “格” as gē

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