胳

gē

#2,485 most

frequent character

armpit

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

variant of 胳[ge1]

used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1zhi5wo1]

used in 胳肢[ge2zhi5]

Homophones

to cut, to cut apart

to place, to put aside, to shelve

dagger-axe, abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]

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