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哥
gē
1. elder brother
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哥
gē
elder brother
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

二哥
èrgē
second brother
伟哥
Wěigē
Viagra (male impotence drug)
八哥
bāgē
(Chinese bird species) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
哥们
gēmen
Brothers!
哥儿
gēr
brothers
哥大
GēDà
Columbia University (abbr.)
堂哥
tánggē
older male patrilineal cousin
多哥
Duōgē
Togo, West Africa
大哥
dàgē
eldest brother
巴哥
bāgē
pug (breed of dog)
帅哥
shuàigē
handsome guy
的哥
dīgē
male taxi driver
表哥
biǎogē
older male cousin via female line
阿哥
āgē
(familiar) elder brother
鹩哥
liáogē
(Chinese bird species) hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
哥哥
gēge
older brother
HSK 2
佛朗哥
Fólǎnggē
Franco (name)
八哥儿
bāgēr
erhua variant of [[八哥<bāgē>]]
八哥狗
bāgēgǒu
pug (breed of dog)
励志哥
lìzhìgē
ugly guy with a pretty girlfriend (slang)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
803
Word Frequency Rank
477 of 84,292

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