戈 (gwo1 | ge1) : dagger-axe; halberd; spear; lance; javelin

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戈

gwo1

ge1

dagger-axe; halberd; spear; lance; javelin

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 戈 (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

戈

This word has been viewed 6527 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Sep 2013 01:35

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干戈 gon1 gwo1 gan1 ge1 = warfare

兵戈 bing1 gwo1 bing1 ge1 = weapons; arms; fighting; war

同室操戈 tung4 sat1 cou1 gwo1 tong2 shi4 cao1 ge1 = infighting; internal strife

班戈 baan1 gwo1 ban1 ge1 = Bange (place in Tibet)

喬戈里峰 kiu4 gwo1 lei5 fung1 qiao2 ge1 li3 feng1 = K2, Qogir Feng, or Godwin-Austen (the second highest mountain peak in the world)

探戈舞 taam3 gwo1 mou5 = tango dancing

探戈 taam3 gwo1 = [n] loanword for tango

戈爾迪結 gwo1 ji5 dik6 git3 ge1 er3 di2 jie2 = a Gordian knot (Mandarin loanword)

聖迭戈 sing3 dit6 gwo1 sheng4 die2 ge1 = San Diego (post-1997 transliteration)

納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫 naap6 gwo1 ji5 nok6 kaa1 laai1 baa1 hak1 na4 ge1 er3 nuo4 ka3 la1 ba1 he4 = Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

化干戈為玉帛 faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6 hua4 gan1 ge wei2 yu4 bo2 = beat swords into ploughshares

戈爾 gwo1 ji5 ge1 er3 = (Al) Gore (fmr. US vice-president)

戈爾巴喬夫 gwo1 ji5 baa1 kiu4 fu1 ge1 er3 ba1 qiao2 fu1 = (former Soviet leader) Gorbachev

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Decimal representation of this word: 戈
Unicode code for this character: U+6208 (off-site link)

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