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HSK 7-94 strokes

surname Ge

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
surname Ge
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph

A spear pointing to the bottom-right

A drawing of the thing it names.

How to write step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gān
HSK 7-9

weapons of war

Open 干戈 page →
HSK 7-9

Gobi (desert)

Open 戈壁 page →
dǎo

to change sides in a war; turncoat

Open 倒戈 page →
bīng

weapons; arms; fighting; war

Open 兵戈 page →
jiān

tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword)

Open 坚戈 page →

arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war

Open 兵戈扰攘 page →

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