The 各 family
各 · gè · ㄍㄜˋ — each
Know 各 and the readings of 6 more characters follow: 格、客、鉻、閣、咯、胳. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 格gé · ㄍㄜˊ部首 木 · treesquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)77%
- 客kè · ㄎㄜˋ部首 宀 寶蓋頭 · "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)64%
- 鉻gè · ㄍㄜˋ部首 金 · goldchromium (chemistry)85%
- 閣gé · ㄍㄜˊ部首 門 · gatepavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics)77%
- 咯lo · ˙ㄌㄛ部首 口 · mouth(final particle similar to 了, indicating that sth is obvious)77%
- 胳gē · ㄍㄜ部首 肉 · meatarmpit77%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 各 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 各 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 76%.
Words this family builds
- 各位
- 客氣
- 客人
- 客戶
- 各種
- 風格
- 乘客
- 資格
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