嗝 meaning and stroke order
The cackling of a fowl; to gag, to vomit
How to write 嗝, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 嗝
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- hiccup
- belch
How 嗝 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 鬲 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 嗝
A mouth 口 on the left shows a sound from the throat, and 鬲 (gé) on the right gives the sound. Picture a bubbling pot 鬲 in your stomach that pops out through your mouth as a hiccup.
嗝 (gé) is almost always used in the phrase 打嗝 (dǎgé), which covers both hiccuping and burping. 他吃得太快，一直打嗝。(Tā chī de tài kuài, yìzhí dǎgé.) He ate too fast and kept hiccuping.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 嗝 with 隔 (gé, to separate), which has the same sound and the same right side but uses 阝 instead of 口. If it comes out of your mouth, use 口.
Common words with 嗝
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打嗝 | dǎgé | to hiccup; to belch |
嗝 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 嗝
How many strokes are in 嗝?
嗝 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 嗝 mean?
嗝 (gé) means the cackling of a fowl; to gag, to vomit. A common word with it is 打嗝 (dǎgé), meaning "to hiccup; to belch".
How do you pronounce 嗝?
嗝 is pronounced gé, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 嗝?
The radical of 嗝 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 嗝 under this radical.
How do you tell hiccup apart from burp in Chinese if 打嗝 means both?
Context usually makes it clear. To be specific, people say 打饱嗝 (dǎ bǎogé) for a burp after eating. A hiccup can be described as 一直打嗝 (yìzhí dǎgé), meaning hiccuping nonstop.
Can 嗝 be used alone as a word?
Rarely. You may see it as a sound word for a burp in comics or chat, written 嗝 or 嗝儿. In normal speech it appears inside 打嗝.