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梗

gěng

Character Measure word 根

What 梗 means

1. branch
2. stem
3. stalk
4. to block
5. to hinder
6. (neologism that evolved from {哏|gén}, initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc)
7. prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)

Words starting with 梗

• 梗概gěng gàibroad outline; gist; summary
• 梗图gěng tú(Taiwan) image macro; visual meme
• 梗塞gěng sèto clog; to block; to obstruct
• 梗死gěng sǐ(medicine) to have an infarction
• 梗王gěng wáng(colloquial) person who makes people laugh; funny guy
• 梗阻gěng zǔto obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction
• 梗咽gěng yèvariant of 哽咽
• 梗直gěng zhívariant of 耿直

Words containing 梗

• 心肌梗塞xīn jī gěng sè(Taiwan) myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 作梗zuò gěngto obstruct; to stand in the way; to interfere; to create difficulties
• 心梗xīn gěngmyocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死
• 桔梗jié gěngChinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
• 烂梗làn gěnglame joke
• 破梗pò gěng(Taiwan) to reveal a spoiler
• 老梗lǎo gěng(Taiwan) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old
• 脑梗nǎo gěngcerebral infarction (abbr. for 脑梗死
• 脐梗qí gěngumbilical cord
• 花梗huā gěngstem of flower
• 融梗róng gěng(neologism, attested by 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative…
• 铺梗pū gěng(Taiwan) to set the scene; to lay the groundwork; to pique the interest of one's audience
• 顽梗wán gěngobstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
• 洋桔梗yáng jié gěng(botany) lisianthus; prairie gentian (Eustoma russellianum)
• 脖梗儿bó gěng rerhua form of 脖梗
• 脑梗塞nǎo gěng sècerebral infarction
• 脑梗死nǎo gěng sǐcerebral infarction
• 谐音梗xié yīn gěnghomophonic pun
• 从中作梗cóng zhōng zuò gěng(idiom) to deliberately create obstacles; to obstruct from behind the scenes…
• 心肌梗死xīn jī gěng sǐmyocardial infarction; heart attack
• 凄梗qī gěng(literary) wailing; choking with sobs
• 脖梗bó gěngvariant of 脖颈
• 脖梗子bó gěng zivariant of 脖颈子

Characters built on 更

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

• 哽gěngto choke with emotion; to choke on a piece of food
• 埂gěngstrip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields
• 鲠gěngto choke on a piece of food

Characters that look like 梗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 掖yēto tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

Sounds the same

Read gěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颈used in 脖颈
• 耿(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
• 哽to choke with emotion; to choke on a piece of food
• 埂strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields
• 绠(literary) well rope (for drawing water)
• 鲠to choke on a piece of food
• 郠(place name)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gěng correctly.
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