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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 胳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
胳 gā - used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1zhi5wo1]
胳 gē - armpit
胳 gé - used in 胳肢[ge2zhi5]
胳 gē - variant of 胳[ge1]

List Ranking for: 胳

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 49,851 61,352 58,663

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ ⺼ 各

Radical:

⺼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

各

Semantic:

⺼

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing 胳

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
胳膊 5 4 2,740 7,778 6,593
胳膊肘 - - 19,726 - -
胳肢 - - 23,546 - -
胳臂 - - 23,548 58,430 69,953
胳肢窝 - - 29,859 89,309 53,432
胳 - - 49,851 61,352 58,663