格
gé
square
frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively
wood (木) + each (各) = a grid of squares
各 mainly provides the sound gé; the wood radical grounds the character in physical structure. Think of a wooden lattice divided into neat squares — from there, 格 extends to grids, rules, standards, and the 'shape' of a person's character.
这张纸上画了很多小格。
zhè zhāng zhǐ shàng huà le hěn duō xiǎo gé。
Many small squares are drawn on this sheet of paper.
他做事很有自己的风格。
tā zuò shì hěn yǒu zì jǐ de fēng gé。
He has his own style in the way he does things.
Words with 格
升格
shēng gé
promotion
桂格
guì gé
Quaker (company)
逼格
bī gé
(slang) pretentious style
道格拉斯
dào gé lā sī
Douglas (name)
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟
dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
适格
shì gé
to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)
边缘性人格障碍
biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
部落格
bù luò gé
blog (loanword) (Tw)
野格利口酒
yě gé lì kǒu jiǔ
Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)
铁格子
tiě gé zi
iron lattice
门兴格拉德巴赫
mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
关格
guān gé
blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)