Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

cut off

Chinese: 用刀切断,也表示分割。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ge” becomes a different word in each tone. 割 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 切割qiē gēto cut
  • 分割fēn gēto cut up; to break up
  • 任人宰割rèn rén zǎi gēto get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of
  • 正割zhèng gēsecant (of angle), written sec θ
  • 割接gē jiē(network) cutover; (system) migration

Example Sentence

农民正在田里割稻子。Nóng mín zhèng zài tián lǐ gē dào zi.The farmers are cutting rice in the field.

农民Nóng mínpeasantzhèngfirst month of the lunar yzàiattiánfieldinsideto cut稻子dào zirice (crop)