疙

gē
#3,520 most
frequent character
pimple, wart

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

疙 pairs 疒 sickness with 乞 qǐ, a sound part whose link is not clear today. Sickness gives the first meaning 'stupid, dumb'. The sense 'pimple, wart' was borrowed later for the sound alone.

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Homophones

HSK 6
割gē
to cut, to cut apart
HSK 6
搁gē
to place, to put aside, to shelve
歌gē
song
戈gē
dagger-axe, abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]
哥gē
elder brother

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