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胳

gé
#2,485 most
frequent character
used in 胳肢[ge2zhi5]

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gē
variant of 胳[ge1]
胳gā
used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1zhi5wo1]
胳gē
armpit

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Homophones

隔gé
partition, separate, divide
格gé
grid
葛gé
kudzu (Pueraria lobata), hemp cloth
阁gé
pavilion (usu. two-storied)
革gé
animal hide, leather, to reform