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葛
Gě
1. surname Ge
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 13 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

葛
gé
an edible bean; vine; surname
12 丶

Compound Words (20)

杯葛
bēigě
to boycott (loanword)
瓜葛
guāgé
intertwined (as melon and vine plants)
纠葛
jiūgé
entanglement
葛优
GěYōu
Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor
葛巾
géjīn
hemp headcloth
葛布
gébù
hemp cloth
葛摩
Gěmó
Comoros, East Africa (Tw)
葛根
gégēn
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine
葛洪
GěHóng
Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of [[抱樸子|抱朴子<Bàopǔzǐ>]]
葛粉
géfěn
starch of pueraria root
葛藤
géténg
tangle of vines
诸葛
Zhūgě
two-character surname Zhuge
长葛
Chánggě
Changge county level city in Shangqiu [[商丘<Shāngqiū>]], Henan
榜葛剌
Bǎnggélà
old Chinese name for Bengal, now written [[孟加拉<Mèngjiālā>]]
葛法翁
Gěfǎwēng
Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)
葛洲坝
Gézhōubà
name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan
葛缕子
gělǚzi
caraway
诸葛亮
ZhūgěLiàng
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han [[蜀漢|蜀汉]] during the Three Kingdoms period
长葛市
Chánggěshì
Changge county level city in Shangqiu [[商丘<Shāngqiū>]], Henan
葛瑞格尔
Gěruìgéěr
Gregoire (name)

Alternate Entries

葛
gé
kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,918
Word Frequency Rank
1,305 of 84,292