梗
branch; stem; stalk; CL:根[gen1]; to block; to hinder; (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc); 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)
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Dict coverage rank #1,944 U+6897
How 梗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 更 (phonetic, gèng)
How to remember it
stalk · Heisig RSH #1881
木 tree + 更 even more
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 更
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 更 (gèng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更 sound component | gèng | more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify |
| 硬 | yìng | firm, hard, strong; obstinate |
| 鲠 | gěng | fish bones; honest, upright |
| 哽 | gěng | to sob; to choke up |
| 粳 | jīng | non-glutinous rice |
| 埂 | gěng | ditch (for irrigation); hole |
| 绠 | gěng | thick rope; well-rope |
Words containing 梗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从中作梗 | cóng zhōng zuò gěng | (idiom) to deliberately create obstacles; to obstruct from behind the scenes; to throw a w… |
| 心肌梗死 | xīn jī gěng sǐ | myocardial infarction; heart attack |
| 脑梗死 | nǎo gěng sǐ | cerebral infarction |
| 心肌梗塞 | xīn jī gěng sè | (Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack |
| 脑梗塞 | nǎo gěng sè | cerebral infarction |
| 心梗 | xīn gěng | myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死[xin1 ji1 geng3 si3]) |
| 花梗 | huā gěng | stem of flower |
| 老梗 | lǎo gěng | (Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old |
| 作梗 | zuò gěng | to obstruct; to stand in the way; to interfere; to create difficulties |
| 梗死 | gěng sǐ | (medicine) to have an infarction |
| 梗王 | gěng wáng | (coll.) person who makes people laugh; funny guy |
| 梗图 | gěng tú | meme image |
| 梗直 | gěng zhí | variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2] |
| 脑梗 | nǎo gěng | cerebral infarction (abbr. for 腦梗死|脑梗死[nao3 geng3 si3] or 腦梗塞|脑梗塞[nao3 geng3 se4]) |
| 破梗 | pò gěng | (Tw) to reveal a spoiler |
| 梗塞 | gěng sè | to clog; to block; to obstruct |
| 谐音梗 | xié yīn gěng | homophonic pun |
| 脖梗子 | bó gěng zi | variant of 脖頸子|脖颈子[bo2 geng3 zi5] |
| 脖梗儿 | bó gěng r | erhua form of 脖梗[bo2 geng3] |
| 融梗 | róng gěng | (neologism, attested by 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative wor… |