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Mythic Mandarin

哥哥 (gē ge): meaning and stroke order

哥哥 (gē ge) means older brother, 个,位.

哥哥

Simplified
哥哥
Traditional
哥哥 (same form)
Pinyin
gē ge

Stroke order of 哥哥

哥

  • gē elder brother
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

哥

  • gē elder brother
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 哥哥

  1. gē ge
    • older brother
    • CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Radicals of the characters

哥
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 10 strokes · 可 on top, 可 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

哥哥 in our stories

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  • 这是他哥哥和妹妹。

    zhè shì tā gēge hé mèimei

    This is his older brother and his younger sister.

    From the story A photo HSK 1

  • 她的哥哥二郎神知道以后非常生气，把她压在了华山下面。

    tā de gēge Èrláng Shén zhīdao yǐhòu fēicháng shēngqì bǎ tā yā zài le Huà Shān xiàmiàn

    When her brother Erlang Shen found out, he was furious and trapped her under Mount Hua.

    From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5

Stories using 哥哥

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).