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Chinese symbol for “lattice”

格
gé
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

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lattice 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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lattice”

WordPinyinMeaning
格子gé zilattice; check (pattern of squares)
点阵 (點陣)diǎn zhènlattice; dot matrix
棂 (櫺)líng(bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework
网格 (網格)wǎng gégrid; mesh
栅格 (柵格)shān gégrid; lattice

Related words

Other words that share a character with 格.

WordPinyinMeaning
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
严格 (嚴格)yán géstrict; stringent; tight; rigorous
性格xìng génature; disposition
合格hé géto meet the standard required; qualified

See also: Japanese symbol for “lattice”.

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.

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