梗 (gěng): branch, stem, stalk
梗 (gěng) is a Chinese character meaning “branch.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 更 (phonetic). It ranks #3119 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梗 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- branch
- stem
- stalk
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心肌梗塞noun | xīn jī gěng sè | (Tw) myocardial infarction |
| 作梗verb | zuò gěng | to obstruct |
| 梗塞verb | gěng sè | to clog |
| 梗阻verb | gěng zǔ | to obstruct |
| 梗概noun | gěng gài | broad outline |
| 桔梗 | jié gěng | Chinese bellflower |
| 从中作梗 | cóng zhōng zuò gěng | (idiom) to deliberately create obstacles |
| 脑梗死noun | nǎo gěng sǐ | cerebral infarction |
| 心梗 | xīn gěng | myocardial infarction |
| 心肌梗死noun | xīn jī gěng sǐ | myocardial infarction |
| 老梗 | lǎo gěng | (Tw) unoriginal |
| 梗直 | gěng zhí | variant of 耿直 |
| 梗死verb | gěng sǐ | (medicine) to have an infarction |
| 花梗noun | huā gěng | stem of flower |
| 脑梗塞noun | nǎo gěng sè | cerebral infarction |
梗 appears in 31 compound words: 26 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
长期高频率“玩梗” 会导致语言贫乏吗？
cháng qī gāo pín lǜ wán gěng huì dǎo zhì yǔ yán pín fá ma ?
Does Frequent, Long-Term Use of Memes Lead to a Poverty of Language?
（这梗好烂啊 ）这当然不是有意为之。
( zhè gěng hǎo làn a ) zhè dāng rán bù shì yǒu yì wéi zhī .
(That's such a lame joke.) Of course, that wasn't intentional.
“扎克鸡”的第三个获奖作品是《万梗捏》。
zhā kè jī de dì sān gè huò jiǎng zuò pǐn shì wàn gěng niē .
"Zack Chicken's" third award-winning work is *Ten Thousand Stems*.
它不仅是影视二创领域的热门素材库，还被年轻人玩梗玩出了花。
tā bù jǐn shì yǐng shì èr chuàng lǐng yù de rè mén sù cái kù , hái bèi nián qīng rén wán gěng wán chū le huā .
Not only is it a popular source of material for fan-created content in the film and television industry, but young people have also taken it to new heights with their creative memes.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced gěng
Frequently Asked Questions
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