格 (gé): pattern, standard
格 (gé) is a Chinese character meaning “pattern, standard.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 各 (phonetic). It ranks #325 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 格 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- pattern, standard
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 格
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 风格noun | fēng gé | style | 5 |
| 资格noun | zī gé | qualifications | 5 |
| 严格adjective/verb | yán gé | strict | 4 |
| 价格noun | jià gé | price | 4 |
| 性格noun | xìng gé | nature | 4 |
| 表格noun | biǎo gé | form | 4 |
| 合格adjective | hé gé | to meet the standard required | 4 |
| 及格verb | jí gé | to pass an exam or a test | 5 |
| 格外adverb | gé wài | especially | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苏格兰proper-noun | sū gé lán | Scotland |
| 人格noun | rén gé | personality |
| 英格兰proper-noun | yīng gé lán | England |
| 格林proper-noun | gé lín | Green or Greene (name) |
| 布拉格proper-noun | bù lā gé | Prague, capital of Czech Republic |
| 格斗verb | gé dòu | to wrestle |
| 格雷 | gé léi | Grey |
| 格兰特 | gé lán tè | Grant (name) |
| 玛格丽特proper-noun | mǎ gé lì tè | margarita (cocktail) |
| 克格勃proper-noun | kè gé bó | KGB (Soviet secret police) |
| 巴格达proper-noun | bā gé dá | Baghdad, capital of Iraq |
| 格力 | gé lì | Gree (brand) |
| 出格verb | chū gé | to overstep the bounds of what is proper |
| 够格verb | gòu gé | able to pass muster |
| 格子noun | gé zi | lattice |
格 appears in 110 compound words: 26 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 格 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (30)
to have a style of one's own; to have a unique style; in a class by itself; peculiar
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Showing 12 of 30 idioms containing 格.
Example Sentences
这份报告格式不规范，需要按照公司模板重新排版。
Zhè fèn bàogào géshì bù guīfàn, xūyào ànzhào gōngsī múbǎn chóngxīn páibǎn.
The format of this report is not standardized and needs to be reformatted according to the company template.
格陵兰岛自治政府总理称无意接收特朗普所称派...
gé líng lán dǎo zì zhì zhèng fǔ zǒng lǐ chèn wú yì jiē shōu tè lǎng pǔ suǒ chèn pài . . .
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zhā kè bà gé yú huáng rén xūn qiān shǔ chāo dà guī mó xié yì , jiāng bù shǔ . . .
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原油价格大幅反弹 直线拉升
yuán yóu jiè gé dà fú fǎn dàn zhí xiàn lā shēng
Crude oil prices surge sharply, climbing steeply.
国际贵金属价格持续走高,现货黄金再度站上5000美..
guó jì guì jīn shǔ jiè gé chí xù zǒu gāo , xiàn huò huáng jīn zài dù zhàn shǎng měi . .
International precious metal prices continue to climb, with spot gold once again surpassing the $5,000 mark.
夏天的苏格兰怎么样？
Xiàtiān de Sūgélán zěnmeyàng?
What's Scotland like in summer?
日本和英格兰哪个大？
Rìběn hé Yīnggélán nǎge dà?
Which is larger, Japan or England?
什么是格式塔疗法？
Shénme shì Géshìtǎ liáofǎ?
What is Gestalt Therapy?
玛丽在严格节食中，对吗？
Mǎlì zài yángé jiéshí zhōng, duì ma?
Mary is on a strict diet, isn't she?
Character Family
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