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戈
Gē
1. surname Ge
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

戈
gē
spear, lance, halberd
4 丶

Compound Words (20)

倒戈
dǎogē
to change sides in a war
兵戈
bīnggē
weapons
坚戈
jiāngē
tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword)
干戈
gāngē
weapons of war
戈壁
Gēbì
Gobi (desert)
戈比
gēbǐ
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
戈尔
Gēěr
Gore (name)
探戈
tàngē
tango (dance) (loanword)
挥戈
huīgē
to brandish a spear
班戈
Bāngē
Baingoin county, Tibetan: Dpal mgon rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture [[那曲地區|那曲地区<Nàqǔdìqū>]], central Tibet
伊戈尔
Yīgēěr
Igor
戈培尔
Gēpéiěr
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
戈壁滩
Gēbìtān
Gobi desert
果戈里
Guǒgēlǐ
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
泰戈尔
Tàigēěr
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
班戈县
Bāngēxiàn
Baingoin county, Tibetan: Dpal mgon rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture [[那曲地區|那曲地区<Nàqǔdìqū>]], central Tibet
伊戈尔斯
Yīgēěrsī
Eagles (name)
倒戈卸甲
dǎogēxièjiǎ
to lay down arms
兵戈扰攘
bīnggērǎorǎng
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
同室操戈
tóngshìcāogē
wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife

Alternate Entries

戈
gē
spear

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,694
Word Frequency Rank
1,400 of 84,292

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