Keyword
kudzu
- an edible bean
- vine
- surname
- Frequency
- #2348
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
gé
Mnemonic
艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 曷 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
葛
kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
诸葛亮
Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉 (ShǔHàn) during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 (SānguóYǎnyì), where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
诸葛
two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. Zhu1gé
纠葛
entanglement; dispute
瓜葛
connection; association; involvement
杯葛
(dialect) (loanword) to boycott
葛洲坝
name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan
葛优
Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor
葛莱美奖
(Tw) Grammy Award (US music industry award)
长葛市
Changge, a county-level city in Xuchang City 许昌市 (XǔchāngShì), Henan
葛摩
Comoros (Tw)
葛根
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
葛藤
tangle of vines; fig. complications
事后诸葛亮
person who is wise after the event
葛布
hemp cloth
葛洪
Ge Hong (283–363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子 (Bàopǔzǐ)
葛粉
starch of pueraria root; arrowroot flour