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铬

gè

Character Traditional 鉻

What 铬 means

1. chromium (chemistry)

Words containing 铬

• 单铬dān gèmonochrome

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.

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 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
• 骼géused in 骨骼
• 貉héraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan…

Characters that look like 铬

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 略lüèbrief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit
• 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 赂lùbribe; bribery
• 烙làoto brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)

Sounds the same

Read gè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 个(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• 各each; every
• 硌(colloquial) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing…
• 虼used in 虼蚤; used in 虼螂
• 𠮶that (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 那
• 膈used in 膈应
• 亇variant of 个