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纥

紇
gē / hé
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a knot in thread or rope
  2. 2 coarse, low-grade silk

Examples

线上打了个纥瘩，针穿不过去。
Xiàn shàng dǎ le gè gē da, zhēn chuān bú guòqù.
There was a knot in the thread, so the needle wouldn't pass.
这布是用粗纥织成的。
Zhè bù shì yòng cū gē zhī chéng de.
The cloth was woven from coarse, low-grade silk.

Tips

usage
Read gē, it means a knot or a lump in thread, most familiar in the colloquial 纥瘩 (a knot, lump, or 'hang-up'), the same word usually written 疙瘩. A separate reading hé appears only in the ethnonym 回纥.

Components

radical
纟 jiǎosīpáng
silk; thread (left-side form of 糸)
The silk radical, side form of 糸. It ties the character to thread and fabric — a knot in thread, or a grade of silk.
phonetic
乞 qǐ
to beg
Standalone 乞 reads qǐ; here it supplies the sound, drifting to gē (and hé in the ethnonym reading). Phonetic only, no meaning.

Stroke Order

纥 gē