Chinese symbol for “hiccup”
嗝
gé
hiccup; belch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hiccup is 嗝 (gé), defined as: hiccup; belch.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hiccup”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打嗝 | dǎ gé | to hiccup; to belch |
| 呃逆 | è nì | to hiccup; to belch |
| 呃 | è | (exclamation); to hiccup |
| 打呃 | dǎ è | to hiccup |
| 岔子 | chà zi | branch road; setback |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嗝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打嗝 | dǎ gé | to hiccup; to belch |
| 嗝儿屁 (嗝兒屁) | gé r pì | erhua form of 嗝屁 (gé pì) |
| 嗝屁 | gé pì | (dialect) (loanword) to die; to give up the ghost |
| 打嗝儿 (打嗝兒) | dǎ gé r | erhua variant of 打嗝 (dǎ gé) |
| 饱嗝儿 (飽嗝兒) | bǎo gé r | to belch (on a full stomach) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hiccup”.
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.