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葛
gé
1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
2. hemp cloth
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

葛
gé
an edible bean; vine; surname
12 丶

Compound Words (20)

葛布
gébù
hemp cloth
葛摩
Gěmó
Comoros, East Africa (Tw)
诸葛
Zhūgě
two-character surname Zhuge
葛藤
géténg
tangle of vines
葛粉
géfěn
starch of pueraria root
葛洪
GěHóng
Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of [[抱樸子|抱朴子<Bàopǔzǐ>]]
杯葛
bēigě
to boycott (loanword)
长葛
Chánggě
Changge county level city in Shangqiu [[商丘<Shāngqiū>]], Henan
葛根
gégēn
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine
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
长葛市
Chánggěshì
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
葛莱美奖
Gěláiměijiǎng
Grammy Award (US prize for music recording)

Alternate Entries

葛
Gě
surname Ge

Metadata

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