Chinese Character Wiki
戈

gē

spear

Pictograph of a weapon with a long shaft and horizontal blade.

Evolution

戈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戈 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
戈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戈 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
戈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戈  

gē

halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62; dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[gē​ruì]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[gē​léi]

戈  

Gē

surname Ge

Most common words with 戈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戈

dagger-axe

探戈

tango (dance) (loanword)

戈壁

Gobi (desert)

戈尔巴乔夫

Gorbachev

戈尔

Gore (name)

Component uses

Meaning component in 24 characters (12 verified)

战 戰 戏 戲 戟 戕 戋 戔 戜 戠 𢦏 𢦔 裁 截 戒 戳 戮 戛 戡 戬 戗 戧 戥 戢

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

找 划 栽 畿 戤

Iconic component in 7 characters (7 verified)

或 幾 武 伐 戍 臧 㦰

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

尧

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤaj

kwa

gē

dagger-axe


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.4323% of movies

1575th most common character in movies

1695th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6208

Shuowen

“戈，平頭也。从弋，一横之，象形。”


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