葛
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kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,902 U+845B
How 葛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)
components: 艹 曷
How to remember it
kudzu · Heisig RSH #2108
flower + siesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound component | hé | what, why, where, which, how |
| 褐 | hè | coarse wool; dull, brown |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout, to call out |
| 揭 | jiē | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname |
| 歇 | xiē | to stop, to rest, to lodge |
| 竭 | jié | to exhaust; to put forth great effort |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for |
| 羯 | jié | wether, castrated ram; deer skin |
| 谒 | yè | to visit, to pay respects |
| 蝎 | xiē | scorpion |
| 遏 | è | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress |
| 猲 | hè | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog |
| 碣 | jié | stone tablet |
Words containing 葛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯多葛主义 | Sī duō gě zhǔ yì | Stoicism |
| 葛兰素史克 | Gě lán sù shǐ kè | GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company |
| 长葛市 | Cháng gě Shì | Changge, a county-level city in Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom |
| 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of… |
| 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang , shèng guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng | variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 … |
| 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of… |
| 葛瑞格尔 | Gě ruì gé ěr | Gregoire (name) |
| 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of… |
| 事后诸葛亮 | shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng | person who is wise after the event |
| 葛莱美奖 | Gé lái měi jiǎng | (Tw) Grammy Award (US music industry award) |
| 长葛 | Cháng gě | see 長葛市|长葛市[Chang2 ge3 Shi4] |
| 葛布 | gé bù | hemp cloth |
| 葛根 | gé gēn | tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine |
| 葛粉 | gé fěn | starch of pueraria root; arrowroot flour |
| 葛法翁 | Gě fǎ wēng | Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee) |
| 葛摩 | Gě mó | Comoros (Tw) |
| 瓜葛 | guā gé | connection; association; involvement |
| 诸葛亮 | Zhū gě Liàng | Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] duri… |
| 葛优 | Gě Yōu | Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor |