梗
Meanings
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- 1.branch
- 2.stem
- 3.stalk
- 4.CL:根[gēn]
- 5.to block
- 6.to hinder
- 7.(neologism that evolved from 哏[gén], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc)
- 8.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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Wiktionary
- 1.to prick
- 2.spiny plant
- 3.stalk (pedicel, peduncle, or petiole)
- 4.broad outline; general idea; gist
- 5.punchline; (humorous) reference; meme
- 6.to block; to obstruct; to hinder
- 7.to resist; to defy
- 8.to straighten up; to stiffen
- 9.upright; straightforward; upstanding
- 10.stiff; tight
- 11.fixed; immovable
- 12.certainly; definitely; of course
- 13.Classifier for long, slender objects, including ropes, fish, feathers, sticks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 14.strong; violent
- 15.illness; disaster
- 16.a surname
- 17.(telegraphy) the twenty-third day of a month
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kraːŋʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 更 (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs) – a type of plant.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Derived terms
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Related words
融梗 (neologism, attested by 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative work in one's own work老梗 (Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old梗阻 to obstruct; to hamper心梗 myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死[xīn jī gěng sǐ])花梗 stem of flower烂梗 lame joke梗图 (Tw) image macro; visual meme脐梗 umbilical cord顽梗 obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed凄梗 (literary) wailing; choking with sobs桔梗 Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)梗塞 to clog; to block; to obstruct