• 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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  • 580th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòu (dou4)to fight • to struggle • to condemn • to censure • to contend • to put together • coming together

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

奋斗 (奮鬥)
战斗 (戰鬥)
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Medium Frequency

勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打斗 (打鬥)
批斗 (批鬥)
拼斗 (拼鬥)
决斗 (決鬥)
争斗 (爭鬥)
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗志 (鬥志)
斗智 (鬥智)
斗争 (鬥爭)
斗牛 (鬥牛)
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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.