Chinese symbol for “boys”
哥儿
gē r
Traditional: 哥兒
brothers; boys
The closest CC-CEDICT match for boys is 哥儿 (gē r), defined as: brothers; boys.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哥儿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) |
| 帅哥 (帥哥) | shuài gē | handsome guy; lady-killer |
| 哥们 (哥們) | gē men | (coll.) dude; buddy; bro |
| 表哥 | biǎo gē | older male cousin through a female relative |
| 二哥 | èr gē | second brother |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.