格
gégē HSK3

pattern, frame

格 gé frequency
arrive noun
to arrive or come (classical usage)

神之格思，不可度思。

Shén zhī gé sī, bù kě duó sī.

The presence of the gods is subtle and unfathomable.

case noun
a grammatical category or a legal case

在某些语言中，名词有格的变化。

zài mǒu​xiē yǔ​yán zhōng, míng​cí yǒu gé de biàn​huà.

In some languages, nouns change according to grammatical case.

obstruct verb
to obstruct or hinder (classical usage)

格于成例，此事难以通过。

gé yú chéng​lì, cǐ shì nán​yǐ tōng​guò.

Constrained by precedent, it is difficult for this matter to be approved.

square noun
a square, grid, or frame

这种笔记本的内页上印满了蓝色的小格。

zhè zhǒng bǐ​jì​běn de nèi​yè shàng yìn mǎn le lán​sè de xiǎo gé.

The pages of this notebook are printed with small blue squares.

standard noun
a standard, rule, pattern, style, or personal character

他的狂草书法在当代书坛中自成一格。

tā de kuáng​cǎo shū​fǎ zài dāng​dài shū​tán zhōng zì​chéng yī gé.

His wild cursive calligraphy forms a unique style in the contemporary calligraphy world.

investigate noun
to investigate or study exhaustively (classical usage)

所谓致知在格物。

suǒ​wèi zhì​zhī zài gé​wù.

The so-called extension of knowledge lies in the investigation of things.

格 gē
giggle adverb
used in onomatopoeic words describing laughter or a creaking sound

小女孩被逗得格格直笑。

xiǎo nǚ​hái bèi dòu de gē gē zhí xiào.

The little girl was tickled into giggling.

click verb
used in onomatopoeic words describing a clicking or thumping sound

听到这个消息，他心里格登一下。

tīng​dào zhè​ge xiāo​xi, tā xīn​li gē​dēng yī​xià.

His heart skipped a beat when he heard the news.

Frequency
Character
Written text
325th most common 692.4 per million
Movie subtitles
363rd most common 415.8 per million appears in 68% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
52.9 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
73.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+683C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)