Chinese symbol for “grid”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grid is 格 (gé), defined as: square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “grid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 网格 (網格) | wǎng gé | grid; mesh |
| 栅极 (柵極) | shān jí | grid (in vacuum tubes); gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) |
| 栅格 (柵格) | shān gé | grid; lattice |
| 箅子 | bì zi | bamboo grid for steaming food; grate; grating; grid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 格.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 价格 (價格) | jià gé | price |
| 资格 (資格) | zī gé | qualifications; seniority |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
| 性格 | xìng gé | nature; disposition |
| 合格 | hé gé | to meet the standard required; qualified |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grid”.
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.