gé, gě
edible bean
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 葛
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
hemp cloth | ||
mastermind | ||
interconnected | ||
dispute | ||
Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ˤat | kat | gé | Dolichos; kudzu |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.8626% of movies
1921st most common character in movies
1919th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+845B |
Shuowen | “葛，絺綌艸也。从艸，曷聲。” |
Sources
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