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戈

dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,458 U+6208

How 戈 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

A spear pointing to the bottom-right

How to remember it

halberd · Heisig RSH #361

arrow — as a component also called: fiesta

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 戈 as their sound component

These characters all use 戈 (gē) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
戈 sound component gē spear, lance, halberd
栽 zāi to cultivate, to plant, to tend
畿 jī imperial domain; area near the capital
戤 gài to infringe upon a trademark

Words containing 戈

WordPinyinMeaning
戈斯拉尔 Gē sī lā ěr Goslar, Germany
戈德斯通 Gē dé sī tōng Goldstone (name)
大动干戈 dà dòng gān gē lit. to go to war (idiom); fig. to make a big fuss over sth
戈兰高地 Gē lán Gāo dì Golan Heights
金戈铁马 jīn gē tiě mǎ very powerful army
布拉戈维申斯克 Bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Obla…
迪戈·加西亚岛 Dí gē · Jiā xī yà Dǎo Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chag…
阿耳戈斯 Ā ěr gē sī Argus; in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail
加拉帕戈斯群岛 Jiā lā pà gē sī Qún dǎo Galapagos Islands
波德戈里察 Bō dé gē lǐ chá Podgorica, capital of Montenegro
伊戈尔斯 Yī gē ěr sī Eagles (name)
查戈斯群岛 Chá gē sī Qún dǎo Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|…
萨拉戈萨 Sà lā gē sà Zaragoza, Spain
果戈里 Guǒ gē lǐ Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
班戈县 Bān gē Xiàn Baingoin, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
戈氏金丝燕 Gē shì jīn sī yàn (bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
伊戈尔 Yī gē ěr Igor
戈尔巴乔夫 Gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev; Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931–2022), last president of the Soviet Union 1…
弗拉门戈 fú lā mén gē flamenco (loanword)
泰戈尔 Tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer