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哏

gén

Character

What 哏 means

1. funny
2. amusing
3. sth comical

Other readings

哏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hěnold variant of {狠|hěn}; old variant of {很|hěn}; also used as an exclamation of anger

Example sentences

• 他成了一个哏。
  He became a meme.
• 图像和视频被转换为GIF和哏。
  Túxiàng hé shìpín bèi zhuǎnhuàn wèi GIF hé gén.
  Images and videos are transformed into gifs and memes.

Words containing 哏

• 抓哏zhuā gén(of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke
• 捧哏pěng génstraight man…
• 逗哏dòu génfunny man (lead role in comic dialogue 对口相声; to joke; to play the fool

Characters built on 艮

These share the phonetic component 艮 (gěn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 恳kěnearnest
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate