胳
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armpit
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How 胳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 各 (phonetic, gè)
How to remember it
upper limb · Heisig RSH #1630
flesh + 各 each
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 各
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 各 (gè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 各 sound component | gè | individual; each, every; all |
| 路 | lù | road, path, street; journey |
| 格 | gé | form, pattern, standard |
| 洛 | luò | a river in the Shanxi province; a city |
| 略 | lüè | approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot |
| 络 | luò | web, net; to entangle |
| 阁 | gé | cabinet, chamber, pavilion |
| 酪 | lào | cream, cheese; koumiss |
| 咯 | gē | final particle |
| 骆 | luò | camel |
| 烙 | lào | to burn, to brand; hot iron |
| 恪 | kè | respectful, reverent |
| 珞 | luò | a kind of necklace |
| 貉 | mò | raccoon dog |
| 骼 | gé | bone, skeleton; corpse |
| 饹 | gē | buckwheat or sorghum noodles |
| 铬 | gè | chromium |
| 袼 | gē | gusset, cloth fitting-sleeve |
| 硌 | gè | hard, bulging |
Words containing 胳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胳膊拧不过大腿 | gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ | (idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong |
| 胳臂箍儿 | gē bei gū r | armband |
| 胳膊肘朝外拐 | gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi | lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own pe… |
| 胳臂肘儿 | gē bei zhǒu r | elbow |
| 胳膊肘往外拐 | gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎi | see 胳膊肘朝外拐[ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3] |
| 胳肢窝 | gā zhi wō | armpit; also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1]; also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1] |
| 胳膊肘子 | gē bo zhǒu zi | see 胳膊肘[ge1 bo5 zhou3] |
| 胳臂 | gē bei | arm; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; also pr. [ge1 bi4] |
| 胳肢 | gé zhi | (dialect) to tickle |
| 胳膊肘 | gē bo zhǒu | elbow |
| 胳膊 | gē bo | arm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1] |
| 捋胳膊 | luō gē bo | to push up one's sleeves |