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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |