搁
gē , gé · HSK 7
to place
📦 搁 = 扌(hand) + 各 (gè, each) — hand sets each thing aside
Phonetic 各 (gè) hints at the reading gē, and the hand radical 扌marks the action: placing or shelving. Common in 搁置 (gēzhì, to shelve) and 搁下 (gēxià, to set down).
搁 — hand radical 扌 + 阁 (gé)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 阁 (gé, pavilion) supplies the sound. The original sense 'to place, to put down' extends naturally to 'to set aside, to shelve,' and figuratively 'to delay.'