搁

gē

place, put, lay down; delay

How to write 搁, stroke by stroke

to place; to put aside; to shelve; to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 阁

Made of 扌 + 阁

耽搁dān geto tarry; to delay; to stop over
搁置gē zhìto shelve; to set aside
搁浅gē qiǎnto be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
延搁yán gēto delay; to procrastinate
搁板gē bǎnshelf
搁笔gē bǐto put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
搁脚板gē jiǎo bǎnfootrest
搁脚物gē jiǎo wùfootrest
暂搁zàn gētemporarily stopped; in abeyance
中途搁浅zhōng tú gē qiǎnto run aground in mid-course; to run into difficulty and stop
担搁dān gevariant of 耽搁

一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
yì tiáo shòu shāng de jīng yú zài hǎi tān biān gē qiǎn le 。
A wounded whale washed up on the beach.
我们不得不把游戏搁到下周日了。
wǒ men bù dé bù bǎ yóu xì gē dào xià zhōu rì le 。
We have to put off the game till next Sunday.
你喝茶搁糖吗？
nǐ hē chá gē táng ma ？
Do you take sugar in your tea?
咖啡里少搁点儿糖。
kā fēi lǐ shǎo gē diǎn ér táng 。
Don’t put too much sugar in the coffee.