Chinese Character 擱 Meanings and components.

Form

擱

Meaning

擱 meaning[3] in English

To Place.

To Put Aside.

To Shelve.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and pavilion (usu. two-storied) (閣)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QANR

How to write 擱

To write擱ge1to place you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 閣ge2pavilion (usu. … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 閣 = 擱

擱 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 擱 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擱, looks as follow:

擱
Pinyin:ge1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Place . To Put Aside . To Shelve
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
閣
Pinyin:ge2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Pavilion (Usu. Two-Storied) . Cabinet (Politics) . Boudoir . Woman'S Chamber . Rack . Shelf
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
各
Pinyin:ge4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Each . Every
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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