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胳

肐
gē
#2,485 most
frequent character
variant of 胳[ge1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

胳 has 月 meat as the meaning part and 各 gè as the sound part. It first meant armpit. The meaning grew to arm.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

胳gā
used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1zhi5wo1]
胳gē
armpit
胳gé
used in 胳肢[ge2zhi5]

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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