格

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pattern

HSK 7 N2

Communication →Language

gé

カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ

격, 낙

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

木 tree+ 各 each =

格 pattern

木 Meaning component

mù tree

各 Phonetic component

gè each

each, individually, every, all

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

格

Regular

Modern

Chinese

格 [gé]

square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively

Japanese

格かく同音

noun

status; position; rank
method; way; style
rule; regulation; law
grammar case
logic figure (form of a syllogism)

格きゃく同音

noun historical amendment (to ritsuryō)

Korean

격 [格]

Noun

position; status; One's level or dignity matching those of one's environment or society.; case; The grammatical status of a substantive, or a similar form, in relation to the predicate of a sentence.

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

将軍の堂々とした格幅は誰でも威圧される。

The general's massive presence awes everyone.

Japanese Names

格いたる

Itaru female given name

格かいへい

Kaihei unclassified name

格かく

Kaku given name

格きわむ