gē
pigeon
Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴿.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 鸽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pigeon | ||
pigeon | ||
homing pigeon | ||
to stand someone up | ||
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.0937% of movies
2295th most common character in movies
2694th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9E3D |
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