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戈
How to pronounce 戈
MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.
戈 character breakdown
Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.
Characters with 戈 as component
Words with 戈
Sentences with 戈
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dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]
Prompt snippets
The dagger-axe is a bronze polearm featuring a sharp, rectangular blade with a reinforced central ridge and a curved, pointed tip, securely lashed to a weathered, dark-grained wooden shaft with thick, crisscrossed leather cord bindings.