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格

gé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

What 格 means

1. square; lattice; grid; frame
2. compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)
3. bound formstandard; norm; specification
4. bound formcharacter; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone
5. bound formrhetorical form; stylistic pattern
6. bound formlinguisticsgrammatical case
7. literaryto correct; to rectify
8. literaryto arrive at; to reach
9. literaryto obstruct; to hinder
10. literaryto investigate exhaustively
11. classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

Other readings

格 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gēused in {格登|gē dēng}; used in {格格|gē gē}

Example sentences

• 价格高。
  Prices are high.
• 我很严格。
  I'm very strict.
• 玛格很激动。
  Meg is excited.
• 汤姆很严格。
  Tom's strict.
• 我们是博格人。
  Wǒmen shì Bógé rén.
  We are the Borg.
• 我考试都及格.
  Wǒ kǎoshì dōu jígé.
  I have passed all my exams.

Words starting with 格

• 格外gé wàiespecially; particularly; even more than usual; extra; additional
• 格式gé shìform; specification; format
• 格局gé jústructure; pattern; layout
• 格子gé zilattice; check (pattern of squares)
• 格格gé geprincess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)
• 格林Gé línGreen or Greene (name)
• 格雷Gé léiGrey; Gray
• 格调gé diàostyle (of art or literature); form; one's work style
• 格言gé yánmaxim
• 格斗gé dòuto wrestle
• 格格不入gé gé bù rù(idiom) inharmonious; incompatible
• 格式化gé shì huà(computing) to format
• 格律gé lǜforms of versification; conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of…
• 格萨尔Gé sà ěrKing Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
• 格鲁吉亚Gé lǔ jí yàGeorgia (country)
• 格力Gé lìGree (brand)
• 格拉斯哥Gé lā sī gēGlasgow, Scotland
• 格位gé wèicase (linguistics)
• 格拉Gé lāGera (city in Germany)
• 格机gé jī(colloquial) to factory-reset a phone (or other device)
• 格物gé wùto study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理学…
• 格网gé wǎng(math) lattice
• 格子间gé zi jiāncubicle
• 格但斯克Gé dàn sī kèGdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland

Words containing 格

• 价格jià géprice
• 性格xìng génature; disposition; temperament
• 严格yán géstrict; stringent; tight; rigorous
• 合格hé géto meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)
• 表格biǎo géform; table
• 风格fēng géstyle
• 资格zī géqualifications; seniority
• 及格jí géto pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard
• 人格rén gépersonality; integrity; dignity
• 规格guī géstandard; norm; specification
• 苏格兰Sū gé lánScotland
• 英格兰Yīng gé lánEngland
• 巴格达Bā gé dáBaghdad, capital of Iraq
• 品格pǐn gé(of a person) moral character; integrity; (of a work of art or literature) style…
• 香格里拉Xiāng gé lǐ lāShangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"…
• 恩格斯Ēn gé sīFriedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism
• 定格dìng géto fix; to confine to; freeze frame
• 布拉格Bù lā géPrague, capital of Czech Republic
• 空格kòng géblank; blank space on a form; space
• 苏格拉底Sū gé lā dǐSocrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of…
• 玛格丽特mǎ gé lì tèmargarita (cocktail)
• 辛格Xīn gé(name) Singh
• 体格tǐ gébodily health; one's physical state; physique
• 价格战jià gé zhànprice war

Characters built on 各

These share the phonetic component 各 (gè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 阁gépavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 咯gē(phonetic)
• 胳gēarmpit
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 铬gèchromium (chemistry)
• 骼géused in 骨骼
• 貉héraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan…

Characters that look like 格

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles

Sounds the same

Read gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 革animal hide; leather; to reform
• 隔to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
• 阁pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 搁to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. gē
• 嗝hiccup; belch
• 葛kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 蛤(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 胳used in 胳肢
• 骼used in 骨骼
• 镉cadmium (chemistry)
• 膈(anatomy) diaphragm
• 鬲earthen pot; iron cauldron

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gé correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.