歌

gē

variant of 歌[ge1]

breath-release (欠) + gē sound (哥) = song

欠 depicts a person opening their mouth to exhale or yawn — the body's act of releasing breath. That breath-release becomes the expressive, melodic exhale of singing, while 哥 lends the sound gē.

哥+欠→歌
哥Elder brotherPhonetic
欠To yawnSemantic

她唱的那首歌真好听。

tā chàng de nà shǒu gē zhēn hǎo tīng。

The song she sang was really nice to hear.

这首歌的歌词让我很感动。

zhè shǒu gē de gē cí ràng wǒ hěn gǎn dòng。

The lyrics of this song moved me deeply.

Words with 歌

K歌

k gē

karaoke (slang)

颂歌

sòng gē

carol

圣歌

shèng gē

hymn

点歌

diǎn gē

to request a song to be played

笙歌

shēng gē

music and song (formal writing)

歌手

gē shǒu

singer

歌谣

gē yáo

folksong

歌剧院

gē jù yuàn

opera house

高歌

gāo gē

to sing loudly

恋歌

liàn gē

love song

连歌

lián gē

renga

金胸歌鸲

jīn xiōng gē qú

(bird species of China) firethroat (Calliope pectardens)