梗
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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)
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 梗
- Common rank
- #1,944
- Unicode
- U+6897
Formation & memory
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Words with 梗
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从中作梗 | (idiom) to deliberately create obstacles; to obstruct from behind the scenes; to throw a w… | |
| 心肌梗死 | myocardial infarction; heart attack | |
| 脑梗死 | cerebral infarction | |
| 心肌梗塞 | (Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack | |
| 脑梗塞 | cerebral infarction | |
| 心梗 | myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死[xin1 ji1 geng3 si3]) | |
| 花梗 | stem of flower | |
| 老梗 | (Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old | |
| 作梗 | to obstruct; to stand in the way; to interfere; to create difficulties | |
| 梗死 | (medicine) to have an infarction | |
| 梗王 | (coll.) person who makes people laugh; funny guy | |
| 梗图 | meme image | |
| 梗直 | variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2] | |
| 脑梗 | 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 | (Tw) to reveal a spoiler | |
| 梗塞 | to clog; to block; to obstruct | |
| 谐音梗 | homophonic pun | |
| 脖梗子 | variant of 脖頸子|脖颈子[bo2 geng3 zi5] | |
| 脖梗儿 | erhua form of 脖梗[bo2 geng3] | |
| 融梗 | (neologism, attested by 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative wor… |
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