Visual pattern

戈 component

gē · spear, lance, halberd

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

A repeatable reading move

How to use 戈

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 戈

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue戈Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 戈.

找=
扌+戈
zhǎoHSK 3.0 · L1

to search for, to look for, to find

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Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.

战zhàn戜dié戛jiá戢jí幾jǐ戟jǐ戥děng戤gài戡kān戠zhī戬jiǎn戧qiāng畿jī戮lù戰zhàn戲xì
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Words you can read next

These words contain characters from the 戈 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.