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膈

gé

diaphragm

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 鬲 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (54%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

鬲

gé

earthen pot, iron cauldron

⿰⺼鬲 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

gé

鬲

earthen pot, iron cauldron

📷 Pictographic: A cauldron 口 with three legs 冂丷

10 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

⿵冂⿱丷？

Radical component

Words Using 膈 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

diaphragm / also written [[橫隔膜|横隔膜<hénggémó>]]

hénggémó

横膈膜 ↗

diaphragm / also written [[橫隔膜|横隔膜<hénggémó>]]