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阁

gé

Character Traditional 閣

What 阁 means

1. pavilion (usu. two-storied)
2. cabinet (politics)
3. boudoir
4. woman's chamber
5. rack
6. shelf

Example sentences

• 阁楼上积了灰。
  Dust had accumulated in the attic.
• 汤姆在阁楼里。
  Tom is in the attic.
• 汤姆孩子们在阁楼。
  Tāng mǔ háizimen zài gélóu.
  Tom's kids were in the attic.
• 你在阁楼上做了什么？
  Nǐ zài gélóu shàng zuò le shénme?
  What were you doing in the attic?
• 你在阁楼上做了什幺？
  What were you doing in the attic?
• 他们从地下室到阁楼都打扫了。
  Tāmen cóng dìxiàshì dào gélóu dōu dǎsǎo le.
  They cleaned everything, from the basement to the attic.

Words starting with 阁

• 阁下gé xiàyour distinguished self; your majesty; sire
• 阁楼gé lóugarret; loft; attic
• 阁员gé yuáncabinet member
• 阁议gé yìcabinet meeting
• 阁僚gé liáocabinet member
• 阁揆gé kuípremier; prime minister

Words containing 阁

• 内阁nèi gé(government) cabinet
• 楼阁lóu gébuilding; pavilion
• 空中楼阁kōng zhōng lóu gépavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain…
• 出阁chū gé(of a girl) to marry (literary)
• 组阁zǔ géto form a cabinet
• 雅阁Yǎ géAccord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
• 高阁gāo gétall building; high shelf
• 佛香阁Fó xiāng géTower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 颐和园
• 太鲁阁Tài lǔ géTaroko National Park in Hualien County 花莲县; Taroko ethnic group Taiwan
• 楼阁塔lóu gé tǎmultistory pagoda
• 太鲁阁族Tài lǔ gé zúTaroko, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 影子内阁yǐng zi nèi géshadow cabinet
• 束之高阁shù zhī gāo gétied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put sth on the back burner…
• 皇族内阁Huáng zú nèi géQing emergency cabinet set up in May 1911 to confront the Xinhai rebels
• 置诸高阁zhì zhū gāo gélit. place on a high shelf; to pay no attention to (idiom)
• 暖阁nuǎn géwarm room; warm partition of a room
• 尖阁列岛Jiān gé Liè dǎoSenkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 钓鱼岛
• 石渠阁Shí qú gécabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五经
• 石渠阁议Shí qú gé yìcabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五经
• 金阁寺Jīn gé sìKinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan…
• 银阁寺Yín gé sìGinkaku-ji or Silver Pavilion in Kyoto 京都
• 剑阁县Jiàn gé XiànJiange, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市
• 内阁总理大臣Nèi gé Zǒng lǐ Dà chénformal title of the Japanese prime minister
• 仙山琼阁xiān shān qióng géjeweled palace in the fairy mountain

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)
• 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 阁

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

• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 阂héobstruct
• 阄jiūlots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 格square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 革animal hide; leather; to reform
• 隔to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
• 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