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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gé | ge2
English translation
cabinet, chamber, pavilion

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

mén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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door

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

門各

Semantic compound

mén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Mén represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
阁下 gé xià sire閣下
内阁 nèi gé (government) cabinet內閣
boudoir
阁楼 gé lóu garret閣樓
组阁 zǔ gé to form a cabinet組閣
束之高阁 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf束之高閣
空中楼阁 kōng zhōng lóu gé castles in Spain空中樓閣
楼阁 lóu gé building樓閣
亭台楼阁 tíng tái lóu gé pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)亭臺樓閣
滕王阁 Téng wáng Gé Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi滕王閣
剑阁 Jiàn gé Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元 Guǎng yuán [Guǎng​yuán], Sichuan劍閣
暖阁 nuǎn gé warm room暖閣
阁僚 gé liáo cabinet member閣僚
出阁 chū gé (of a girl) to marry (literary)出閣
闺阁 guī gé lady's chamber閨閣
雅阁 Yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)雅閣
金阁寺 Jīn gé sì Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都 Jīng dū , Japan金閣寺
影子内阁 yǐng zi nèi gé shadow cabinet影子內閣
高阁 gāo gé tall building高閣
剑阁县 Jiàn gé xiàn Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元 Guǎng yuán [Guǎng​yuán], Sichuan劍閣縣
仙山琼阁 xiān shān qióng gé jeweled palace in the fairy mountain仙山瓊閣
银阁寺 Yín gé sì officially called Jishōji 慈照寺 Cí zhào sì [Cí​zhào​sì]銀閣寺
阁议 gé yì cabinet meeting閣議

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