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戈 - gē

halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62

halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62

How to read 戈

Click 戈 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishhalberd, spear, lance; rad. 62
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

戈壁 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 戈比. Please read 戈尔 one more time.

Common words with this character

Gobi
kopeck
Gore; Al Gore , US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
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Mistake warning

Do not memorize 戈 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 戈壁 and 戈比 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 戈.