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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gē | ge1
English translation
to place
to put aside
to shelve
to bear
to stand
to endure
to place, to lay down; to delay

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌阁

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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chuán zài Shuǐ jiān chǔ 搁浅 gē qiǎn .

The ship was grounded in shallow water.

这个 zhè ge 箱子 xiāng zi dào zuì shǎng miàn 一层 yī céng 搁板 gē bǎn shǎng .

Heave the box onto the top shelf.

利落 lì luo de 使劲 shǐ jìn huá le jiǎng , jiù 搁起 jiǎng lái .

He pulled certain swift strong strokes ahead, lay upon his oars.

gōu huà , de 差事 chà shì 搁下, gǎn !

One word, and he's lost his job ! So he doesn't dare refuse.

qǐng bāng zhè zhǐ 箱子 xiāng zi Cóng 搁板 gē bǎn shǎng tái xià lái .

Please lift the box down from the shelf for me.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
耽搁 dān ge to tarry耽擱
to place
搁置 gē zhì to shelve擱置
搁浅 gē qiǎn to run aground擱淺
搁笔 gē bǐ to put down the pen擱筆
延搁 yán gē to delay延擱

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Decomposition

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