鸽 — Chinese character
鸽
gē
pigeon, dove; Columba species (various)
- Pinyin
- gē
- Radical
- 196 ⿃ (Bird)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 合 鸟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 鸟; sound component 合
- Traditional
- 鴿
Common words with 鸽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸽子 (鴿子) | gē zi | pigeon; dove |
| 信鸽 (信鴿) | xìn gē | homing pigeon; carrier pigeon |
| 鸽派 (鴿派) | gē pài | dove faction (opposite: 鹰派 (yīng pài), hawks); peace party |
| 和平鸽 (和平鴿) | hé píng gē | dove of peace |
| 雏鸽 (雛鴿) | chú gē | squab; nestling pigeon |
| 放鸽子 (放鴿子) | fàng gē zi | to stand sb up; to bail on sb |
| 原鸽 (原鴿) | yuán gē | (bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia) |
| 鹁鸽 (鵓鴿) | bó gē | pigeon |
| 鸽房 (鴿房) | gē fáng | dovecote; enclosure for carrier pigeons |
| 中亚鸽 (中亞鴿) | zhōng yà gē | (bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) |
| 传书鸽 (傳書鴿) | chuán shū gē | carrier pigeon (used for mail) |
| 岩鸽 (岩鴿) | yán gē | (bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris) |
English words written with 鸽
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.