旮 (gā) · used in 旮旯 (a nook; an out-of-the-way corner)

Meanings

1 used in 旮旯 (a nook; an out-of-the-way corner)

Characters

旮

gā

nook (in 旮旯)

Examples

HSK 7-9

我找遍了每个旮旯也没找到。

Wǒ zhǎo biàn le měi gè gālá yě méi zhǎodào.

I searched every nook and cranny but still couldn't find it.

Tips

history

旮 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It occurs only in the colloquial binome 旮旯 ('a nook / corner', often 旮旯儿 in Beijing speech), paired with 旯.

memory

旮 has the sun 日 under 九; its partner 旯 has 九 under 日, a tidy mirror pair for the word 'nook'.

Components

radical

日 rì

sun

日 the sun radical is the indexing radical. It does not contribute meaning here, as the character exists only to write the corner-word 旮旯.

phonetic

九 jiǔ

nine

九 sits on top and provides a loose phonetic hint for gā; it carries no numeric meaning in this character.

Stroke Order

旮 gā

Related Words

犄角旮旯 jījiǎo gālá

every nook and cranny / an out-of-the-way corner

旮旯 gālá #38,858

corner; nook / out-of-the-way place

避开 bìkāi #4,764

to avoid / to steer clear of / to get out of the way

拔 bá HSK 7-9 #2,896

to pull up; to pull out; to uproot / to select; to promote; to stand out

抽 chōu HSK 5 #1,379

to draw out / to pull out / to smoke (cigarettes) / to extract

出 chū HSK 2 #105

to go out / to come out / to produce / to appear / measure word for plays and operas

抽出 chōuchū #8,273

to draw out; to pull out / to find (time); to set aside

彻头彻尾 chètóu-chèwěi #9,186

through and through / from beginning to end / out-and-out; thoroughly

撤离 chèlí HSK 7-9 #4,986

to withdraw; to evacuate / to pull out (from a location)

挨 ái HSK 7-9 #5,027

to suffer; to endure (something unpleasant) / to pull through; to drag out (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to dawdle