搁

擱
gē
HSK 6
#2,375 most
frequent character
to place, to put aside, to shelve
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

搁 gē uses 扌 hand as meaning part and 阁 gé as sound part. It first meant putting something in a place and leaving it. That grew to shelve or put aside; read gé, it also means bear or endure.

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Example Sentences

请把书搁在桌子上。
qǐng bǎ shū gēzài zhuōzǐ shàng 。
Please place the book on the table.
他把这个问题搁在了一边。
tā bǎ zhègè wèntí gēzài le yībiān 。
He put this problem aside.
我们可以先搁下这个计划。
wǒmen kěyǐ xiān gē xià zhègè jìhuá 。
We can shelve this plan for now.

Same Characters, Different Readings

搁gé
to bear, to stand, to endure

Words with similar meanings

放fàng
to put
A more general term for placing something somewhere.
置zhì
to set
Typically used in more formal contexts; implies a deliberate action.

Homophones

HSK 6
割gē
to cut, to cut apart
歌gē
song
戈gē
dagger-axe, abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]
哥gē
elder brother

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