搁 (gē): to place, to put aside, to shelve
搁 (gē) is a Chinese character meaning “to place.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 阁 (phonetic). It ranks #2310 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 搁 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to place
- to put aside
- to shelve
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耽搁 | dān ge | to tarry |
| 搁置 | gē zhì | to shelve |
| 搁浅 | gē qiǎn | to be stranded (of ship) |
| 搁脚物 | gē jiǎo wù | footrest |
| 中途搁浅 | zhōng tú gē qiǎn | to run aground in mid-course |
| 搁脚板 | gē jiǎo bǎn | footrest |
| 担搁 | dān ge | variant of 耽擱|耽搁[dan1 ge5] |
| 搁板 | gē bǎn | shelf |
| 搁笔 | gē bǐ | to put down the brush |
| 延搁 | yán gē | to delay |
| 暂搁 | zàn gē | temporarily stopped |
搁 appears in 11 compound words: 55 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 搁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他搁了一个电话，约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā gē le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
《死亡搁浅2:冥滩之上》角色预告
sǐ wáng gē qiǎn 2 : 冥 tān zhī shàng jiǎo sè yù gào
"Death Stranding 2: On the Shores of the Underworld" Character Trailer
PC版《死亡搁浅2:冥滩之上》发售预告
P C bǎn sǐ wáng gē qiǎn 2 : 冥 tān zhī shàng fā shòu yù gào
PC Version of "Death Stranding 2: On the Shores of the Underworld" Launch Trailer
避免惹火习近平让“川习会”告吹 川普政府搁置130亿美元对台军售
bì miǎn rě huǒ xí jìn píng ràng chuān xí huì gào chuī chuān pǔ zhèng fǔ gē zhì 1 3 0 yì měi yuán duì tái jūn shòu
To avoid anger, Xi Jinping let the "Sichuan-Xi meeting" fail The Trump administration shelved $13 billion in arms sales to Taiwan
小虎鲸屏东搁浅4死 7只获救野放
xiǎo hǔ jīng bǐng dōng gē qiǎn 4 sǐ 7 zhī huò jiù yě fàng
Baby killer whales ran aground in Pingtung, 4 died, and 7 were rescued and released into the wild
民主党批特朗普搁置对华禁令 危及美国安全
mín zhǔ dǎng pī tè lǎng pǔ gē zhì duì huá jīn lìng wēi jí měi guó ān quán
Democrats criticized Trump for shelving the ban on China, endangering US security
我被交通堵塞耽搁了。
Wǒ bèi jiāotōngdǔsè dānge le.
I was delayed by a traffic jam.
火车因大雪被耽搁了。
Huǒchē yīn dàxuě bèi dānge le.
The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
我们不得不把游戏搁到下周日了。
Wǒmen bùdébù bǎ yóuxì gē dào xià Zhōurì le.
We have to put off the game till next Sunday.
一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
Yī tiáo shòushāng de jīngyú zài hǎitān biān gēqiǎn le.
A wounded whale washed up on the beach.
Character Family
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