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哥
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older brother

HSK 1
Human →Relations →Family
gē
カ、コ
あに、うた
가
Duplicate of 可, which has a similar sound.
Components
可 can+ 可 can =
哥 older brother
可 Phonetic component
kě can
may, can, -able
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可 Phonetic component
kě can
may, can, -able
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Notes
Similar Characters
何 what呵 rebuke哿 commend坷 clod of earth奇 strange岢 Kelan county in柯 axe-handle河 large river珂 inferior kind of jade疴 illness (75b4) (simp)舸 large苛 exacting蚵 oyster (86b5)訶 scold loudly (trad)诃 scold (simp)軻 personal (trad)轲 name (simp)钶 a small cauldron (simp)阿 Apollo
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
哥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
哥 [gē]
elder brother
Japanese
哥 (rare) グロス 、 グロース 同音

noun

  1. usually kana gross (i.e. 12 dozen)
  2. usually kana gross (i.e. not net); total; sum
  3. golf usually kana gross score
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
哥 うた
Uta surname
CHINESE WORDS (165)
哥哥 [gē​ge] #846
older brother
哥们 [gē​men] #1,227
Brothers!
哥们 [gē​men] #1,227
Brothers!
墨西哥 [Mò​xī​gē] #1,584
Mexico
大哥 [dà​gē] #2,892
eldest brother
帅哥 [shuài​gē] #7,771
handsome guy
帅哥 [shuài​gē] #7,771
handsome guy
芝加哥 [Zhī​jiā​gē] #2,628
Chicago, USA
哥们儿 [gē​men​r] #2,743
erhua variant of 哥們|哥们[gē​men]
哥们儿 [gē​men​r] #2,743
erhua variant of 哥們|哥们[gē​men]
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JAPANESE WORDS (21)
⭐ 詩歌 [しいか] #42,162
Japanese and Chinese poetry
骨牌 [こっぱい] #94,110
playing cards
⭐ 歌留多 [カルタ] #102,854
karuta
うた沢 [うたざわ] #167,952
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
鸚哥 [いんこ] #188,970
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
⭐ 墨西哥 [メキシコ] #197,049
Mexico
哥老会 [かろうかい] #252,823
Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
八哥鳥 [はっかちょう] #312,219
crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
⭐ 摩洛哥 [モロッコ]
Morocco
うた沢節 [うたざわぶし]
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
11 more items