HSK 6 · Ideas

格局 géjú “structure” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 格局 means

  1. structure
  2. layout
  3. pattern

How to say 格局

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale格gé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd tone, rising

格局 in a sentence

  1. 这套房子的格局很好。

    Zhè tào fángzi de géjú hěn hǎo.

    This flat has a good layout.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 做大事的人格局要大。

    Zuò dàshì de rén géjú yào dà.

    People who do big things need a broad outlook.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 格局 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 格 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

The character 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 格局

格 10 strokes · 局 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

格局 (géjú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 格局 (géjú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 格局

Words with 格

合格hégé · to meet the standard required严格yángé · strict价格jiàgé · price表格biǎogé · form性格xìnggé · nature及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test资格zīgé · qualifications风格fēnggé · style格外géwài · especially格式géshì · format

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout结局jiéjú · ending局部júbù · part局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)局限júxiàn · to limit全局quánjú · overall situation公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau

More words: Ideas & Concepts

福气fúqi · good fortune高潮gāocháo · climax高峰gāofēng · peak高涨gāozhǎng · to rise根源gēnyuán · root格式géshì · format功效gōngxiào · effect光彩guāngcǎi · glory

FAQs

格局 (géjú) means “structure” or “layout”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it géjú: gé with a 2nd tone, then jú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 格局 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type geju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 格局 from the suggestions. Typing geju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
格局 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.