擱
gēgé HSK7

place

搁 (擱) gē frequency
place verb
to put, set, or lay something down in a specific location

请把书搁在桌子上。

qǐng bǎ shū gē zài zhuō​zi shàng.

Please put the book on the table.

shelve verb
to put aside, postpone, or delay further action on a matter

这件事先搁几天，等老板出差回来再说。

zhè jiàn shì xiān gē jǐ tiān, děng lǎo​bǎn chū​chāi huí​lai zài shuō.

Let's put this matter aside for a few days and wait until the boss gets back from his business trip.

搁 (擱) gé
endure verb
to bear, stand, or endure

这种布料不搁磨。

zhè zhǒng bù​liào bù gé mó.

This kind of fabric is not very durable and wears out easily.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,380th most common 22.5 per million
Movie subtitles
2,540th most common 8.05 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.68 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.03 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
搁
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+64F1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)