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梗

gěng

stem of flower

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

更 sound component

更  Sound component

gèng, gēng

  

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Evolution

梗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
梗 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
梗 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
梗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
梗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

梗  

gěng

stem of flower, branch of plant; branch; stem; stalk; CL:根[gēn]; to block; to hinder; (Tw) interesting, fresh, or amusing subject matter or scenario

Most common words with 梗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

梗

branch

心肌梗塞

heart attack

梗塞

to clog

梗阻

to hamper

心肌梗死

heart attack

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤraŋʔ

kaengX

gěng

suffering


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3455% of movies

3276th most common character in movies

2919th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6897

Shuowen

“梗，山枌榆。有朿，莢可為蕪荑者。从木，更聲。”


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