DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

格

Mandarin · pinyin gē#

used in 格登 gē dēng
used in 格格 gē gē

Mandarin · pinyin gé#

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
(literary) to correct; to rectify
(literary) to arrive at; to reach
(literary) to obstruct; to hinder
(literary) to investigate exhaustively
classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1 · ge1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link31same-tone records2source references

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

格 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaak3

Cantonese word readings for 格. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

(literary, or in compounds) pattern; standard; form; style
square; frame
(literary, or in compounds) special property; personality; character (particularly for the "personality" in literary form)
(grammar) case
(mathematics) lattice; grid; cross-hatch; checkers
(literary) to beat; to lash; to strike; to hit
(Cantonese) partitioned cell; cubicle
(alt. form 假) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to come; to arrive; to go to
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to obstruct; to hinder
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to investigate
22nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "resistance" (𝌛)
(Hokkien) breed; body type (of certain poultry and livestock)
(Hokkien) Classifier for graduation in a measuring container.
(Mainland China Hokkien) to examine; to explore; to inspect; to check out (the reason, principle, etc.)
(Mainland China Hokkien) to change the original structural layout (to increase number of spaces, etc.)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Used in place names to describe the topography of a watershed.
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to build by laying bricks or stones
a surname
(informal, computing) Clipping of 格式化 (géshìhuà, “to format (a disk, etc.)”)

character · Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tree branch

character · Etymology 4

(Wu) this
(Wu, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 個 /个 (possessive particle)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack