IDENTITY
哥gēolder brother
HSK 1Top 720
CORE MEANING
older brother
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- informal
Senses
- 1.older brotherHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱可可
- gives the sound gē
USAGE
Common words
哥哥gēgeolder brother
大哥dàgēeldest brother
Graded examples
哥哥比我大三岁。Gēge bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.HSK2
My older brother is three years older than me.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two 可 blocks stacked — the older brother stands tall.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #720
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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