Chinese symbol for “sire”
阁下
gé xià
Traditional: 閣下
your distinguished self; your majesty; sire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sire is 阁下 (gé xià), defined as: your distinguished self; your majesty; sire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阁下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内阁 (內閣) | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 阁楼 (閣樓) | gé lóu | garret; loft |
| 组阁 (組閣) | zǔ gé | to form a cabinet |
| 阁员 (閣員) | gé yuán | cabinet member |
| 楼阁 (樓閣) | lóu gé | building; pavilion |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sire”.
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.