哥 gē elder brother

Made up of [可 kě can; may; able to , 可 kě can; may; able to ]

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The ke 'can' constituents give approximate phonetic
Number of strokes 10

Stroke order for character 哥, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

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哥 gē elder brother

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