格 gé
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
格子
gézi
grid; checked pattern; box
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他在笔记本的格子里画满流程图，试图把混乱的思路整理出来。 Tā zài bǐjìběn de gézi lǐ huà mǎn liúchéngtú, shìtú bǎ hùnluàn de sīlù zhěnglǐ chūlái. He filled the notebook's squares with flowcharts, trying to organise his chaotic train of thought.
- 她穿了一件红白格子的衬衫。 Tā chuān le yí jiàn hóng bái gézi de chènshān. She was wearing a red and white checked shirt.
- 请把答案写在右边的格子里。 Qǐng bǎ dá'àn xiě zài yòubian de gézi lǐ. Please write your answer in the box on the right.
Related words
- 表格 biǎogé form; table
- 合格 hégé qualified; up to standard
- 价格 jiàgé price
- 性格 xìnggé personality; character
- 资格 zīgé qualification
- 风格 fēnggé style
- 格外 géwài especially
- 及格 jígé to pass an exam
- 严格 yángé strict
- 格格不入 gégébúrù to be incompatible; to be out of place
- 格局 géjú pattern; layout; scope; vision
- 格式 géshi format; form