哥

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elder brother

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #666 U+54E5

Ideographic compound (会意字)

One person talking 可 over another 可

components: 可 ×2

older brother · Heisig RSH #93

可 can

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 哥 as their sound component

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
哥 sound component	gē	elder brother
歌	gē	song, lyrics; to sing, to chant

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
加拉巴哥斯	Jiā lā bā gē sī	Galapagos
公子哥儿	gōng zǐ gē r	pampered son of a wealthy family
特立尼达和多巴哥	Tè lì ní dá hé Duō bā gē	Trinidad and Tobago
格拉斯哥	Gé lā sī gē	Glasgow, Scotland
大哥大	dà gē dà	cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone; mob boss
哥林多后书	Gē lín duō Hòu shū	Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
加拉巴哥斯群岛	Jiā lā bā gē sī Qún dǎo	Galapagos Islands
哥斯拉	Gē sī lā	Godzilla
哥林多前书	Gē lín duō qián shū	First epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
千里达和多巴哥	Qiān lǐ dá hé Duō bā gē	Trinidad and Tobago
哥特人	Gē tè rén	Goth (member of a historical East Germanic people)
安哥拉	Ān gē lā	Angola
平头哥	píng tóu gē	(slang) honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
斯哥特	Sī gē tè	Scott (name)
老大哥	lǎo dà gē	big brother
哥利亚	Gē lì yà	Goliath
哥老会	Gē lǎo huì	late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国	Bō sī ní yà hé Hēi sài gē wéi nà Gòng hé guó	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia…
圣地亚哥	Shèng dì yà gē	Santiago, capital of Chile; San Diego, California
斯德哥尔摩	Sī dé gē ěr mó	Stockholm, capital of Sweden