干戈 meaning in English

gāngē

weapons of war; arms

HSK 7-9noun7 strokes

Meaning of 干戈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gāngē
  1. weapons of war
  2. arms

Stroke order for each character

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干 gān · dry · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

戈 gē · spear · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 干戈.

干什么gàn shénmewhat are you doing?; what's he up to?
干净gānjìngclean; neat
干杯gānbēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast)
干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
干吗gànmávariant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
能干nénggàncapable; competent
饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookie
干脆gāncuìcandid; direct and to the point
干扰gānrǎoto disturb; to interfere
干预gānyùto meddle; to intervene
干涉gānshèto interfere; to meddle
干燥gānzào(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry

Questions about 干戈

What does 干戈 mean?

干戈 (gāngē) means "weapons of war; arms" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 干戈?

干戈 is made of 2 characters: 干 (3 strokes), 戈 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 干戈 an HSK word?

Yes. 干戈 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.