戈 (gē): dagger-axe, abbr. for 戈瑞, (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷
戈 (gē) is a Chinese character meaning “dagger-axe.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 戈 (halberd). It ranks #1680 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 戈 a spear pointing to the bottom-right. Its radical form 戈 (halberd) appears in many related characters such as 我 (wǒ, I), 成 (chéng, to succeed), 或 (huò, maybe).
Definitions
- dagger-axe
- abbr. for 戈瑞
- (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA spear pointing to the bottom-right
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探戈noun | tàn gē | tango (dance) (loanword) |
| 伊戈尔proper-noun | yī gē ěr | Igor |
| 戈培尔proper-noun | gē péi ěr | Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician |
| 戈尔 | gē ěr | Gore (name) |
| 倒戈verb | dǎo gē | to change sides in a war |
| 戈尔巴乔夫proper-noun | gē ěr bā qiáo fū | Gorbachev |
| 大动干戈 | dà dòng gān gē | lit. to go to war (idiom) |
| 干戈noun | gān gē | weapons of war |
| 加拉帕戈斯群岛proper-noun | jiā lā pà gē sī qún dǎo | Galapagos Islands |
| 戈比noun | gē bǐ | kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword) |
| 戈壁proper-noun | gē bì | Gobi (desert) |
| 果戈里 | guǒ gē lǐ | Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist |
| 弗拉明戈noun | fú lā míng gē | flamenco (Tw) (loanword) |
| 金戈铁马phrase | jīn gē tiě mǎ | very powerful army |
| 同室操戈phrase | tóng shì cāo gē | wielding the halberd within the household (idiom) |
戈 appears in 49 compound words: 33 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 43 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 戈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
to fight one another; to fight each other who is in the same group; to have internal conflict or strife
to fight one another; to fight each other who is in the same group; to have internal conflict or strife
Showing 9 of 10 idioms containing 戈.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了戈字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le gē zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "戈" in the dictionary.
弗鲁米嫩塞 x 弗拉门戈确认阵容:今天下午 6 点巴西锦标赛现场...
fú lǔ mǐ nèn sāi x fú lā mén gē què rèn zhèn róng : jīn tiān xià wǔ 6 diǎn bā xī jǐn biāo sài xiàn chǎng . . .
Fluminense vs. Flamengo: Lineups Confirmed—Brazilian Championship Live at 6 p.m. today...
中职》曾颂恩一度点燃攻势!兄弟王牌罗戈罕见状况导致落后
zhōng zhí céng sòng ēn yī dù diǎn rán gōng shì ! xiōng dì wáng pái luó gē hǎn jiàn zhuàng kuàng dǎo zhì luò hòu
"Zhongzhi": Zeng Songen Sparked a Rally! Brothers' Ace Rogo Struggled Uncharacteristically, Leading to a Deficit
《盈警》南戈壁(01878.HK)估计去年转亏1.5...
yíng jǐng nán gē bì ( 0 1 8 7 8 . H K ) gū jì qù nián zhuǎn kuī 1 . 5 . . .
[Profit Warning] South Gobi (01878.HK) estimates a net loss of 1.5... for last year
英国允美国用中东基地 美媒:伊朗向迪戈加西亚美英基地发射导弹
yīng guó yǔn měi guó yòng zhōng dōng jī dì měi méi : yī lǎng xiàng dí gē jiā xī yà měi yīng jī dì fā shè dǎo dàn
UK Allows US to Use Bases in the Middle East; US Media: Iran Fires Missiles at US-UK Base on Diego Garcia
约1.5万人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
yuē 1 . 5 wàn rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
About 15,000 people participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Thanksgiving Meat Day celebration
罗德里戈把丽玛扔了回去。
Luó Délǐ gē bǎ lì mǎ rēng le huíqu.
Rodrigo threw Rima back.
伊戈尔非常不屑一顾。
Yīgē'ěr fēicháng bùxièyīgù.
Igor was very dismissive.
劳拉英戈尔斯是在草原上长大的。
Láo lā yīng Gē'ěr sī shì zài cǎoyuán shàng zhǎngdà de.
Laura Ingalls grew up on the prairie.
戈登对日本的生活方式感兴趣。
Gēdēng duì Rìběn de shēnghuó fāngshì gǎnxìngqù.
Gordon is interested in the Japanese way of life.
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