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鸽
鴿
gē
1. pigeon
2. dove
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鸽
gē
pigeon, dove; Columba species (various)
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

信鸽
xìngē
homing pigeon
原鸽
yuángē
(Chinese bird species) rock dove (Columba livia)
岩鸽
yángē
(Chinese bird species) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)
欧鸽
Ōugē
(Chinese bird species) stock dove (Columba oenas)
雏鸽
chúgē
squab
雪鸽
xuěgē
(Chinese bird species) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)
飞鸽
FēiGē
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936)
鸽子
gēzi
pigeon
HSK 6
鸽房
gēfáng
dovecote
鸽派
gēpài
dove faction (opposite: [[鹰派]], hawks)
鹁鸽
bógē
pigeon
中亚鸽
Zhōngyàgē
(Chinese bird species) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni)
传书鸽
chuánshūgē
carrier pigeon (used for mail)
和平鸽
hépínggē
dove of peace
天鸽座
Tiāngēzuò
Columba (constellation)
放鸽子
fànggēzi
to stand someone up
灰林鸽
huīlíngē
(Chinese bird species) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
紫林鸽
zǐlíngē
(Chinese bird species) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea)
黑林鸽
hēilíngē
(Chinese bird species) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
斑尾林鸽
bānwěilíngē
(Chinese bird species) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,693
Word Frequency Rank
3,813 of 84,292

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