place

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

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

阁 sound component

  Sound component

  

chamber

Evolution

搁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
搁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

place, put, lay down; delay; to place; to put aside; to shelve

() 

to bear; to stand; to endure

Most common words with 搁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耽搁

to tarry

to place

搁置

to shelve

搁浅

to run aground

搁笔

to put down the pen

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.2218% of movies

2540th most common character in movies

2380th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+6401


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