Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to place

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ge” becomes a different word in each tone. 搁 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 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
  • 搁板gē bǎnshelf
  • 搁笔gē bǐto put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)

Example Sentence

他把书随手搁在了桌子上。Tā bǎ shū suí shǒu gē zài le zhuō zi shàng.He casually put the book on the table.

he(marks the object)shūbook随手suí shǒuconvenientlyto placezàiatle(completed action)桌子zhuō zitableshàngon