Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Ge Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 886, Entry 36 Pronounced ge (falling tone). A measure word for quantity. Also, per the Regional Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, ge means a unit or piece. The commentary by Guo Xiang states this refers to the counting of units. In the Discussion of Military Affairs chapter of the Xunzi, it is written: carrying fifty arrows. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written as ge and jie. The common form is written as ge.