(): surname Ge, kudzu (Pueraria lobata)

() is a Chinese character meaning “surname ge.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (grass). It ranks #1922 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: grass12 strokesFrequency #1922

Definitions

  1. surname Ge
  2. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
guā géconnection
jiū géentanglement
gě yōuGe You (1957-), Chinese actor
zhū gě liàngZhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms perio...
zhū gětwo-character surname Zhuge
gé bùhemp cloth
sī duō gě zhǔ yìStoicism
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liànglit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom)
shì hòu zhū gě liàngperson who is wise after the event
sān gè chòu pí jiang , shèng guò yī gè zhū gě liàngvariant of 三個臭皮匠,賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè zhū gě liànglit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom)
gě lán sù shǐ kèGlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
cháng gě shìChangge, a county-level city in Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè zhū gě liànglit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom)
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò zhū gě liànglit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom)
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Total compounds
52
As first character
16
As last character
32
As middle character

appears in 31 compound words: 52 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

gé lái měi jiǎngHSK 4+

(Tw) Grammy Award (US music industry award)

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le Gě zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "Ge" in the dictionary.

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W P guò guān zhū Gě shǔ : diàn xùn jiāo yáng mó lì qiú tū pò

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Gě lǐ ěr : měi duì zhōng guó guān shuì jiāng wéi chí xiàn háng shuǐ zhǔn

Hk01.comFeb 2026

六旬妇认选举期间转贴呼吁杯选举贴文 判囚2月准缓刑1年半

liù xún fù rèn xuǎn jǔ qī jiān zhuǎn tiē hū xū bēi Gě xuǎn jǔ tiē wén pàn qiú 2 yuè zhǔn huǎn xíng 1 nián bàn

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fěn Gě gōng xiào jiě dú jiàng xiě yā 6 gōng xiào 4 lèi rén bù yí tiāo xuǎn 7 . . .

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dāng zhū Gě liàng kāi shǐ zhí bō dài huò : tòu shì A I mó gǎi rú hé shōu . . .

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 葛 (Gě) mean in Chinese?
葛 (Gě) primarily means "surname ge." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1922 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 葛 have?
葛 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 葛?
The radical associated with 葛 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are common words containing 葛?
Common words with 葛 include: 瓜葛 (guā gé, "connection"); 纠葛 (jiū gé, "entanglement"); 葛优 (gě yōu, "Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor"); 诸葛亮 (zhū gě liàng, "Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms perio..."); 诸葛 (zhū gě, "two-character surname Zhuge"). There are over 31 compound words containing this character.
Is 葛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 葛 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.