暂搁
zàn​gē

shelve

暂 zàn temporary Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暫.

Components

斩
斩 Sound component
zhǎn, zhàn chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

搁 gē, ge place Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 阁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擱.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

阁
阁 Sound component
gé chamber

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

暫 zàn temporary Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.

Components

斬
斬 Sound component
chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzamH[dz]ˤam-s suddenly

說文解字

《說文》：“暫，不久也。从日，斬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

擱 gē, ge place Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 閣 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

閣
閣 Sound component
chamber

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang