纥

紇
gē
#4,831 most
frequent character
knot

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

纥 has 纟 silk as the meaning part and 乞 qǐ for sound, though the link is not clear in Mandarin. It first meant low-quality silk, then grew to tassels. Read gē, it means knot.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

纥hé
tassels

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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