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歌

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song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #679 U+6B4C

How 歌 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

欠 (semantic, “breath”) + 哥 (phonetic, gē)

components: 哥 欠

How to remember it

song · Heisig RSH #476

可 can + yawn

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 歌

WordPinyinMeaning
歌罗西书 Gē luó xī shū Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
口水歌 kǒu shuǐ gē bubblegum pop song; cover song
主打歌 zhǔ dǎ gē (music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
歌利亚 Gē lì yà Goliath
歌罗西 Gē luó xī Colossia
民歌手 mín gē shǒu folk singer
和歌山 Hé gē shān Wakayama (prefecture in Japan)
斗牛士之歌 Dòu niú shì zhī Gē Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 b…
对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
歌子 gē zi song
国歌 guó gē national anthem
山歌 shān gē folk song; mountain song
儿歌 ér gē nursery rhyme
歌儿 gē r song
歌手 gē shǒu singer
高歌 gāo gē to sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song
歌德 Gē dé Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and playwright
歌德 gē dé to sing the praises of sb
红歌 hóng gē Chinese communist or revolutionary song
老歌 lǎo gē oldie (song)