• 325th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 127 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ge2)square • frame • rule • (legal) case • style • character • standard • pattern • (classical) to obstruct • to hinder • (classical) to arrive • to come • (classical) to investigate • to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ge2)The component is pronounced as '' (ge4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Medium Frequency

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)
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  • 400th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to transfer • to move (troops or cadres) • to investigate • to enquire into • accent • view • argument • key (in music) • mode (music) • tune • tone • melody
2. tiáo (tiao2)to harmonize • to reconcile • to blend • to suit well • to season (food) • to provoke • to incite

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'tián' (tian2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

低调 (低調)
强调 (強調)
情调 (情調)
空调 (空調)
蓝调 (藍調)
 (調)
调味 (調味)
调戏 (調戲)
调整 (調整)
调料 (調料)
调查 (調查)
调皮 (調皮)
调节 (調節)
高调 (高調)

Medium Frequency

上调 (上調)
下调 (下調)
协调 (協調)
唱反调 (唱反調)
单调 (單調)
基调 (基調)
失调 (失調)
小调 (小調)
搭调 (搭調)
曲调 (曲調)
格调 (格調)
步调 (步調)
烹调 (烹調)
声调 (聲調)
腔调 (腔調)
色调 (色調)
语调 (語調)
调侃 (調侃)
调入 (調入)
调制 (調制)
调剂 (調劑)
调动 (調動)
调匀 (調勻)
调味品 (調味品)
调味料 (調味料)
调和 (調和)
调子 (調子)
调度 (調度)
调情 (調情)
调控 (調控)
调换 (調換)
调教 (調教)
调理 (調理)
调研 (調研)
调色 (調色)
调解 (調解)
调试 (調試)
调配 (調配)
调头 (調頭)
调频 (調頻)
调养 (調養)
跑调 (跑調)
音调 (音調)
风调雨顺 (風調雨順)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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