歌 = 哥 + 欠

歌 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “song”. It is built from 哥 (elder brother) and 欠 (owe).

Keyword: song
Pinyin (Mandarin): gē
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: song, lyrics, лирика, песня, lyrics
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 歌 song

Decomposition

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哥 elder brother
欠 owe

How to find 歌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “elder brother” + “owe”. 歌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 歌 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.