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胳

gē
noun #49,851

Meanings

  1. 1 arm
  2. 2 armpit

Examples

HSK 5
他打篮球时伤了胳膊。
Tā dǎ lánqiú shí shāng le gēbo.
He hurt his arm playing basketball.
HSK 6
他胳膊底下夹着一本书。
Tā gēbo dǐxia jiā zhe yì běn shū.
He had a book tucked under his arm.
HSK 7-9
胳膊肘永远拧不过大腿。
Gēbo zhǒu yǒngyuǎn nǐng buguò dàtuǐ.
An elbow can never twist outward against the thigh.

Tips

mistakes
Normally read gē, as in 胳膊 ('arm'). It softens to gā in the fixed word 胳肢窝 ('armpit') and is sometimes read gé in 胳肢 ('to tickle'). Outside these set words, use gē.

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; body part
The flesh radical on the left (the body-part form of 肉, not the moon) marks this as a part of the body, here the arm.
phonetic
各 gè
each
Supplies the sound on the right: 各 gè shifted to gē. It contributes no 'each' meaning here, only the phonetic value.

Stroke Order

胳 gē