戈 — Chinese character
戈
gē
spear, lance, halberd
- Pinyin
- gē
- Radical
- 62 ⼽ (Halberd)
- Strokes
- 4
- Formation
- pictographic — A spear pointing to the bottom-right
- Japanese
- 戈 as a kanji
Common words with 戈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探戈 | tàn gē | tango (dance) (loanword) |
| 倒戈 | dǎo gē | to change sides in a war; turncoat |
| 干戈 | gān gē | weapons of war; arms |
| 戈比 | gē bǐ | kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword) |
| 大动干戈 (大動干戈) | dà dòng gān gē | lit. to go to war (idiom); fig. to make a big fuss over sth |
| 兵戈 | bīng gē | weapons; arms |
| 金戈铁马 (金戈鐵馬) | jīn gē tiě mǎ | very powerful army |
| 同室操戈 | tóng shì cāo gē | wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife |
| 坚戈 (堅戈) | jiān gē | tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword) |
| 枕戈待旦 | zhěn gē dài dàn | lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom); fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle |
| 挥戈 (揮戈) | huī gē | to brandish a spear |
| 倒戈卸甲 | dǎo gē xiè jiǎ | to lay down arms |
English words written with 戈
戈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 2
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