to place

to put aside; to shelve

hand (扌) + phonetic (阁) = to place or put aside

The hand radical anchors the meaning: placing or setting something down with your hands. 阁 contributes the sound gē and does not carry a relevant meaning here.

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你把书在桌子上就行了。

nǐ bǎ shū gē zài zhuō zi shàng jiù xíng le。

Just place the book on the table.

这件事先着,等我们想好再说。

zhè jiàn shì xiān gē zhe,děng wǒ men xiǎng hǎo zài shuō。

Let's shelve this matter for now and talk after we've thought it through.

Words with 搁

中途搁浅

zhōng tú gē qiǎn

to run aground in mid-course

延搁

yán gē

to delay

担搁

dān ge

variant of 耽擱|耽搁[dan1 ge5]

搁板

gē bǎn

shelf

搁浅

gē qiǎn

to be stranded (of ship)

搁笔

gē bǐ

to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)

搁置

gē zhì

to shelve

搁脚板

gē jiǎo bǎn

footrest

搁脚物

gē jiǎo wù

footrest

暂搁

zàn gē

temporarily stopped

耽搁

dān ge

to tarry

More characters with 扌