Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 哥 represents the sound.
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernFreq. | Word | Meaning |
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| 歌 | song |
| 歌曲 | song |
| 唱歌 | to sing a song |
| 歌手 | singer |
| 歌词 | song lyric |