格 meaning and stroke order
Square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification
How to write 格, stroke by stroke
10 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 格
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- square; lattice; grid; frame
- compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)
- (bound form) standard; norm; specification
- (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone
- (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern
- (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case
- used in 格登[ge1 deng1]
- used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
How 格 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 各 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 格
格 is a pictophonetic character: 木 (mù, wood) gives the meaning and 各 (gè) gives the sound. Picture wooden strips crossed into a grid, with each (各) square in its own slot, which is how a lattice becomes a pattern or standard.
格 rarely stands alone in the abstract senses. It mostly appears in words like 价格 (jiàgé, price), 性格 (xìnggé, personality) and 严格 (yángé, strict). On its own it can mean a square or box in a grid, as in 请在格子里写字。(Qǐng zài gézi lǐ xiě zì.) Please write in the boxes.
Common mistake: Learners often read 格 as gè because of its sound part 各 (gè), but the common reading is second tone gé. Also do not confuse it with 络 (luò, net), which has the silk radical 纟 instead of 木.
Common words with 格
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 资格 | zīgé | qualifications; seniority | HSK 3 |
| 价格 | jiàgé | price | HSK 3 |
| 性格 | xìnggé | nature; disposition | HSK 3 |
| 表格 | biǎogé | form; table | HSK 3 |
| 合格 | hégé | to meet the standard required; qualified | HSK 3 |
| 风格 | fēnggé | style | HSK 4 |
| 严格 | yángé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous | HSK 4 |
| 格外 | géwài | especially; particularly; even more than usual; extra; additional | HSK 4 |
| 及格 | jígé | to pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard | HSK 4 |
| 人格 | réngé | personality; integrity | HSK 7-9 |
| 格格不入 | gégé-bùrù | (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible | HSK 7-9 |
| 格式 | géshi | form; specification | HSK 7-9 |
| 规格 | guīgé | standard; norm | HSK 7-9 |
| 格局 | géjú | structure; pattern | HSK 7-9 |
格 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 格
How many strokes are in 格?
格 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 格 mean?
格 (gé) means square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification. A common word with it is 资格 (zīgé), meaning "qualifications; seniority".
How do you pronounce 格?
格 is pronounced gé, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 格?
The radical of 格 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 格 under this radical.
Is 格 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 格 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
What does 格外 mean and how is it used?
格外 (géwài) means especially or unusually, more than normal. It goes before adjectives or verbs, as in 今天格外冷 (jīntiān géwài lěng), it is especially cold today.
When is 格 pronounced gē?
The gē reading appears only in a few words. 格格 (gēge) is a title for a Manchu princess in the Qing dynasty, and 格登 (gēdēng) is a sound word for a thud or clunk.