IDENTITY
歌gēsong; to sing
HSK 1Top 200
CORE MEANING
song; to sing
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.songHSK1
- 2.to singHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 欠yawn radical (qiàn)
- strokes
- 14
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰哥欠
- gives the sound gē
- open mouth; breathing out
USAGE
Common words
唱歌chànggēto sing
歌曲gēqǔsong
歌声gēshēngsinging voice
Graded examples
他唱歌唱得很好。Tā chànggē chàng de hěn hǎo.HSK2
He sings very well.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
An open mouth (欠) sounding like the elder brother (哥) — singing.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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