哥

gē

elder brother

older (可) + older (可) = elder brother

Two stacked 可 forms create a doubling effect — a common structural way to suggest something repeated or senior in rank. The elder brother is the one who came before, spoken to twice for respect.

可+可→哥
可CanSemantic

我哥比我大三岁。

wǒ gē bǐ wǒ dà sān suì。

My elder brother is three years older than me.

我哥昨天从外地回来了。

wǒ gē zuó tiān cóng wài dì huí lái le。

My elder brother came back from out of town yesterday.

Words with 哥

黑塞哥维那

hēi sài gē wéi nà

Herzegovina

芝加哥

zhī jiā gē

Chicago, USA

一哥

yī gē

(coll.) top-ranked male; leading male; top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports)

哥德巴赫猜想

gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng

the Goldbach conjecture in number theory

哥德式

gē dé shì

gothic (Tw)

哥斯大黎加

gē sī dà lí jiā

(Tw) Costa Rica

的哥

dī gē

male taxi driver

金冠树八哥

jīn guān shù bā ge

(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)

铁哥们

tiě gē men

(coll.) very close male friends

铁哥们儿

tiě gē men r

erhua variant of 鐵哥們|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]

阿兵哥

ā bīng gē

(coll.) soldier boy

阿哥

ā gē

(familiar) elder brother

More characters with 可

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