閣 (gok3 | ge2) : cabinet (of government); loft; pavilion

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閣

gok3

ge2

[1] cabinet (of a government)
[2] loft; mezzanine
[3] Chinese pavilion
[4] shelf; rack
[5] woman's chamber; boudoir

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: (#169)

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

閣 / 阁

This word has been viewed 6004 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Mar 2011 03:49

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內閣 noi6 gok3 nei4 ge2 = (government) cabinet

閣樓 gok3 lau4*2 ge2 lou2 = attic; loft; cockloft; mezzanine floor

閣仔 gok3 zai2 = attic; loft 粵

咖啡閣 gaa3 fe1 gok3 ka1 fei1 ge2 = coffee lounge

倒閣 dou2 gok3 dao3 ge2 = to overthrow the cabinet of the opposition party

閣樓公寓 gok3 lau4*2 gung1 jyu6 ge2 lou2 gong1 yu4 = penthouse apartment; loft apartment

劍閣 gim3 gok3 jian4 ge2 = Jiange (place in Sichuan)

媽祖閣 maa1 zou2 gok3 = A-Ma Temple (in Macau)

太魯閣 taai3 lou5 gok3 tai4 lu3 ge2 = Taroko Gorge

樓閣 lau4 gok3 lou2 ge2 = pavilion
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 14 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 閣
Unicode code for this character: U+95a3 (off-site link)

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