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PINYIN INITIAL G
Chinese characters starting with G
Explore 400 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with G. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 高 (gāo), 个 (gè), 哥 (gē), 歌 (gē), 给 (gěi), 工 (gōng).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with G
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高gāo10 strokeshigh→个gè3 strokes(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)→哥gē10 strokeselder brother→歌gē14 strokessong→给gěi9 strokesto→工gōng3 strokeswork→公gōng4 strokespublic→狗gǒu8 strokesdog→关guān6 strokesmountain pass→贵guì9 strokesexpensive→国guó8 strokescountry; nation; state→果guǒ8 strokesfruit→告gào7 strokes(bound form) to say; to tell→跟gēn13 strokesheel→馆guǎn11 strokesbuilding→过guò6 strokesto cross→概gài13 strokes(bound form) general; approximate→该gāi8 strokesshould→感gǎn13 strokesto feel→干gān3 strokesdry→刚gāng6 strokeshard→糕gāo16 strokescake→根gēn10 strokesroot→更gèng7 strokesto change or replace→共gòng6 strokescommon→故gù9 strokeshappening→顾gù10 strokessurname Gu→瓜guā5 strokesmelon; gourd; squash→刮guā8 strokesto scrape→怪guài8 strokesbewildering→惯guàn11 strokesaccustomed to→改gǎi7 strokesto change→赶gǎn10 strokesto overtake; to catch up with→敢gǎn11 strokesto dare→钢gāng9 strokessteel→膏gāo14 strokesointment→格gé10 strokessquare→各gè6 strokeseach→胳gē10 strokesused in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1zhi5wo1]→供gòng8 strokesto lay (sacrificial offerings)→功gōng5 strokesmeritorious deed or service→购gòu8 strokesto buy→够gòu11 strokesenough (sufficient)→鼓gǔ13 strokesdrum→估gū7 strokesto estimate→姑gū8 strokespaternal aunt→挂guà9 strokesto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)→管guǎn14 strokesto take care (of)→观guān6 strokesto look at→逛guàng10 strokesto stroll→广guǎng3 strokeswide→光guāng6 strokeslight; ray (CL:道[dao4])→规guī8 strokescompass→盖gài11 strokeslid→搞gǎo13 strokesto do→革gé9 strokesanimal hide→隔gé12 strokesto separate→贡gòng7 strokesto offer tribute→恭gōng10 strokesrespectful→构gòu8 strokesto construct→沟gōu7 strokesditch→固gù8 strokeshard→古gǔ5 strokesancient→冠guān9 strokeshat→柜guì8 strokescupboard→瑰guī13 strokes(semiprecious stone)→滚gǔn13 strokesto boil→裹guǒ14 strokesto wrap around→锅guō12 strokespot; pan; wok; cauldron→尬gà7 strokes(bound form) embarrassing; awkward→肝gān7 strokesliver (CL:葉|叶[ye4])→尴gān13 strokesused in 尷尬|尴尬[gan1ga4]→岗gǎng7 strokes(bound form) hillock; mound→港gǎng12 strokesharbor→稿gǎo15 strokesmanuscript→割gē12 strokesto cut→巩gǒng6 strokessurname Gong→攻gōng7 strokesto attack→宫gōng9 strokespalace→股gǔ8 strokesthigh→骨gǔ9 strokesbone→孤gū8 strokeslone→拐guǎi8 strokesto turn (a corner etc)→贯guàn8 strokesto pierce through→罐guàn23 strokescan→官guān8 strokesgovernment official→跪guì13 strokesto kneel→轨guǐ6 strokes(bound form) rail; track; course; path→归guī5 strokesto return→龟guī7 strokestortoise; turtle→棍gùn12 strokesstick; rod; truncheon→丐gài4 strokesto beg for alms→钙gài9 strokescalcium (chemistry)→溉gài12 strokesto irrigate→甘gān5 strokessurname Gan→杆gān7 strokesstick→竿gān9 strokespole→杠gàng7 strokescoffin-bearing pole (old)→纲gāng7 strokeshead rope of a fishing net→缸gāng9 strokesjar→阁gé9 strokespavilion (usu. two-storied)→骼gé15 strokesskeleton→戈gē4 strokesdagger-axe→疙gē8 strokespimple→鸽gē11 strokespigeon; dove→搁gē12 strokesto place→哽gěng10 strokesto choke with emotion→耿gěng10 strokes(literary) bright; brilliant→耕gēng10 strokesto plow→拱gǒng9 strokesto cup one's hands in salute→弓gōng3 strokesa bow (weapon)→躬gōng10 strokes(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)→苟gǒu8 strokes(literary) if indeed→勾gōu4 strokesto attract→钩gōu9 strokesto hook→雇gù12 strokesto employ→谷gǔ7 strokesgrain→咕gū8 strokes(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc→菇gū11 strokes(bound form) mushroom→辜gū12 strokescrime→卦guà8 strokesdivinatory diagram→寡guǎ14 strokesfew→乖guāi8 strokes(of a child) obedient, well-behaved→灌guàn20 strokesto irrigate→棺guān12 strokescoffin→桂guì10 strokessurname Gui→诡guǐ8 strokes(bound form) sly; crafty→鬼guǐ9 strokesdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil→闺guī9 strokessmall arched door→钆gá6 strokesgadolinium (chemistry)→尜gá9 strokestoy formed of a spindle with two sharp ends→噶gá15 strokesphonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)→尕gǎ5 strokeslittle (dialect)→嘎gǎ14 strokescackling sound→旮gā6 strokesused in 旮旯[ga1 la2]→鈣gài12 strokesChinese character→戤gài13 strokesinfringe upon a trade mark→蓋gài14 strokesChinese character→胲gǎi10 strokeshydroxylamine (chemistry)→陔gāi8 strokesstep→垓gāi9 strokesboundary→赅gāi10 strokescomplete→該gāi13 strokesChinese character→賅gāi13 strokesChinese character→旰gàn7 strokessunset→绀gàn8 strokesviolet or purple→倝gàn10 strokesdawn (archaic)→淦gàn11 strokesname of a river→紺gàn11 strokesChinese character→幹gàn13 strokesChinese character→赣gàn21 strokesabbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]→贛gàn24 strokesChinese character→秆gǎn8 strokesstalks of grain→桿gǎn11 strokesChinese character→稈gǎn12 strokesChinese character→澉gǎn14 strokesplace name→趕gǎn14 strokesChinese character→橄gǎn15 strokesused in 橄欖|橄榄[gan3lan3]→擀gǎn16 strokesto roll (dough etc)→坩gān8 strokescrucible→泔gān8 strokesslop from rinsing rice→矸gān8 strokesused in 矸石[gan1shi2]→苷gān8 strokeslicorice→柑gān9 strokeslarge tangerine→疳gān10 strokesrickets→酐gān10 strokesanhydride→尷gān17 strokesChinese character→筻gàng13 strokesChinese character→槓gàng14 strokesChinese character→戆gàng25 strokessimple→崗gǎng11 strokesChinese character→冈gāng4 strokesridge→肛gāng7 strokesused in 脫疘|脱肛[tuo1gang1]→岡gāng8 strokesChinese character→剛gāng10 strokesChinese character→罡gāng10 strokesstars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper→綱gāng14 strokesChinese character→鋼gāng16 strokesChinese character→诰gào9 strokesto enjoin→郜gào9 strokessurname Gao→锆gào12 strokeszirconium (chemistry)→鋯gào15 strokesChinese character→杲gǎo8 strokeshigh→缟gǎo13 strokesplain white silk→槀gǎo14 strokesChinese character→槁gǎo14 strokesdried up (wood)→縞gǎo16 strokesChinese character→藁gǎo17 strokesChinese character→鎬gǎo18 strokesChinese character→皋gāo10 strokesbank→羔gāo10 strokeslamb→槔gāo14 strokeswater pulley→睾gāo14 strokes(bound form) testicle→篙gāo16 strokespole for punting boats→鬲gé10 strokesearthen pot→嗝gé13 strokeshiccup→塥gé13 strokesdry clay lump→搿gé14 strokesto hug→膈gé14 strokesdiaphragm (anatomy)→閣gé14 strokesChinese character→镉gé15 strokescadmium (chemistry)→虼gè9 strokesflea→個gè10 strokesChinese character→硌gè11 strokes(coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe)→铬gè11 strokeschromium (chemistry)→鉻gè14 strokesChinese character→哿gě10 strokesexcellent→舸gě11 strokesbarge→葛gě12 strokeskudzu (Pueraria lobata)→圪gē6 strokes(phonetic)→咯gē9 strokesto cough up→饹gē9 strokesused in 餎餷|饹馇[ge1 zha5]→袼gē11 strokesgusset→擱gē17 strokesChinese character→鴿gē17 strokesChinese character→給gěi12 strokesChinese character→哏gén9 strokesfunny→亘gèn6 strokesextending all the way across→亙gèn6 strokesChinese character→艮gèn6 strokesblunt→茛gèn9 strokesranunculus→埂gěng10 strokesstrip of high ground→绠gěng10 strokes(literary) well rope (for drawing water)→梗gěng11 strokesbranch→鲠gěng15 strokesto choke on a piece of food→庚gēng8 strokesage→赓gēng12 strokesto continue (as a song)→鹒gēng13 strokesused in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1geng1]→羹gēng19 strokessoup→鶊gēng19 strokesChinese character→唝gòng10 strokesused for transcription in 嗊吥|唝吥[Gong4 bu4]→貢gòng10 strokesChinese character→嗊gòng13 strokesChinese character→廾gǒng3 strokeshands joined→汞gǒng7 strokesmercury (chemistry)→栱gǒng10 strokespost→珙gǒng10 strokes(gem)→鞏gǒng15 strokesChinese character→厷gōng4 strokesold variant of 肱[gong1]→肱gōng8 strokesupper arm→宮gōng10 strokesChinese character→蚣gōng10 strokesused in 蜈蚣[wu2gong1]→龚gōng11 strokessurname Gong→觥gōng13 strokesbig→龔gōng22 strokesChinese character→诟gòu8 strokesdisgrace→垢gòu9 strokesdirt→冓gòu10 strokesinner rooms of palace→夠gòu11 strokesChinese character→媾gòu13 strokesto marry→彀gòu13 strokesto draw a bow to the full→詬gòu13 strokesChinese character→遘gòu13 strokesmeet unexpectedly→構gòu14 strokesChinese character→觏gòu14 strokescomplete→購gòu17 strokesChinese character→岣gǒu8 strokesname of a hill in Hunan→枸gǒu9 strokesbent→笱gǒu11 strokesbasket for trapping fish→佝gōu7 strokesused in 佝僂|佝偻[gou1 lou2]→缑gōu12 strokesrope attached to a sword hilt→鈎gōu12 strokesChinese character→溝gōu13 strokesChinese character→鉤gōu13 strokesChinese character→篝gōu16 strokesbamboo frame for drying clothes→鞲gōu19 strokesChinese character→崮gù11 strokessteep-sided flat-topped mountain→梏gù11 strokesbraces (med.)→牿gù11 strokesshed or pen for cattle→痼gù13 strokesobstinate disease→锢gù13 strokesobstinate disease→僱gù14 strokesChinese character→錮gù16 strokesChinese character→鲴gù16 strokesXenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia→顧gù21 strokesChinese character→夃gǔ4 strokesChinese character→扢gǔ6 strokesclean→汩gǔ7 strokesconfused→诂gǔ7 strokesto comment→牯gǔ9 strokesbullock→罟gǔ10 strokesto implicate→钴gǔ10 strokes(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. [gu1])→蛊gǔ11 strokesarch. legendary venomous insect→鈷gǔ13 strokesChinese character→嘏gǔ14 strokesgood fortune→穀gǔ15 strokesChinese character→臌gǔ17 strokesdropsical→轂gǔ17 strokesChinese character→瞽gǔ18 strokesblind→鶻gǔ21 strokesChinese character→蠱gǔ23 strokesChinese character→沽gū8 strokesto buy→轱gū9 strokeswheel→鸪gū10 strokespartridge→菰gū11 strokesManchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus→蛄gū11 strokesChinese character→觚gū12 strokesgoblet→軲gū12 strokesChinese character→酤gū12 strokesto deal in liquors→毂gū13 strokeswheel→箍gū14 strokeshoop→鴣gū16 strokesChinese character→诖guà8 strokesto deceive→掛guà11 strokesChinese character→絓guà12 strokesto hinder→褂guà13 strokes(bound form) Chinese-style unlined garment; gown→詿guà13 strokesChinese character→冎guǎ5 strokesChinese character→剐guǎ9 strokescut off the flesh as punishment→剮guǎ11 strokesChinese character→呱guā8 strokescrying sound of child→胍guā9 strokesguanidine→栝guā10 strokesJuniperus chinensis→鸹guā11 strokesused in 老鴰|老鸹[lao3gua5]→颳guā15 strokesChinese character→鴰guā17 strokesChinese character→夬guài4 strokesdecisive→毌guàn4 strokesarchaic variant of 貫|贯[guan4]→丱guàn5 strokestwo tufts of hair→掼guàn11 strokesto fling→涫guàn11 strokes(classical) to boil→貫guàn11 strokesChinese character→慣guàn14 strokesChinese character→盥guàn16 strokesto wash (especially hands)→雚guàn17 strokes(archaic) stork→鹳guàn22 strokescrane→筦guǎn13 strokessurname Guan→館guǎn16 strokesChinese character→倌guān10 strokeskeeper of domestic animals→鳏guān18 strokeswidower→關guān19 strokesChinese character→鰥guān21 strokesChinese character→觀guān25 strokesChinese character→桄guàng10 strokeswoven wood and bamboo utensil→犷guǎng6 strokesrough→廣guǎng15 strokesChinese character→獷guǎng18 strokesChinese character→咣guāng9 strokes(onom.) bang→胱guāng10 strokesused in 膀胱[pang2guang1]→刽guì8 strokesto amputate→刿guì8 strokescut→桧guì10 strokesChinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)→筀guì12 strokesbamboo (archaic)→貴guì12 strokesChinese character→劊guì15 strokesChinese character→檜guì17 strokesChinese character→櫃guì18 strokesChinese character→鱖guì23 strokesChinese character→鱥guì24 strokesminnow→宄guǐ5 strokestraitor→氿guǐ5 strokesmountain spring→庋guǐ7 strokes(literary) shelf→匦guǐ8 strokessmall box→癸guǐ9 strokestenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]→軌guǐ9 strokesChinese character→匭guǐ11 strokesChinese character→晷guǐ12 strokessundial→詭guǐ13 strokesChinese character→簋guǐ17 strokesancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles→圭guī6 strokesjade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies→妫guī7 strokessurname Gui→皈guī9 strokesto comply with→硅guī11 strokessilicon (chemistry)→規guī11 strokesChinese character→閨guī14 strokesChinese character→鲑guī14 strokestrout→鮭guī17 strokesChinese character→歸guī18 strokesChinese character→龜guī18 strokesChinese character→丨gǔn1 strokesradical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)→衮gǔn10 strokesimperial robe→绲gǔn11 strokescord→袞gǔn11 strokesChinese character→辊gǔn12 strokesroller→滾gǔn14 strokesChinese character→緄gǔn14 strokesChinese character→磙gǔn15 strokesroller→輥gǔn15 strokesChinese character→鲧gǔn15 strokesGun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]→國guó11 strokesChinese character→帼guó11 strokescap worn by women→掴guó11 strokesto slap→幗guó14 strokesChinese character→摑guó14 strokesChinese character→膕guó15 strokesChinese character→虢guó15 strokessurname Guo→馘guó17 strokes(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy→過guò12 strokesChinese character→椁guǒ12 strokesouter coffin→槨guǒ14 strokesChinese character→蜾guǒ14 strokesused in 蜾蠃[guo3luo3]→呙guō7 strokeslopsided→埚guō10 strokescrucible→郭guō10 strokessurname Guo→崞guō11 strokesname of a mountain→猓guō11 strokesmonkey→聒guō12 strokesraucous→蝈guō14 strokessmall green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)→蟈guō17 strokesChinese character→鍋guō17 strokesChinese character→
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