哥 gē elder brother
Made up of [可 kě can; may; able to ]Used as component 哥 in :歌 gē
Made with 10 strokes.
The ke 'can' constituents give approximate phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 可 kě component: 啊 á (what?) 何 hé (what) 河 hé (river) 奇 qí (strange)
Sounds same
戈 gē (spear) 歌 gē (song)Different tone
革 gé 革 gé (animal hide) 个 gè ('of' (general)) 各 gè (each)
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