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
严格来说
yán gé lái shuō
strictly speaking
规格
guī gé
standard
格式化
gé shì huà
(computing) to format
不及格
bù jí gé
to fail
电子表格
diàn zǐ biǎo gé
(computing) spreadsheet
格格
gē gē
variant of 咯咯[ge1 ge1]
格格
gé ge
princess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)
性格
xìng gé
nature
格兰特
gé lán tè
Grant (name)
格雷
gé léi
Grey
格陵兰
gé líng lán
Greenland
布拉格
bù lā gé
Prague, capital of Czech Republic