梗 — Chinese character
梗
gěng
stem, branch; to hinder, to block
- Pinyin
- gěng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 木 更
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 更
- Japanese
- 梗 as a kanji
Common words with 梗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梗概 | gěng gài | broad outline; gist; summary |
| 桔梗 | jié gěng | Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) |
| 心肌梗塞 | xīn jī gěng sè | (Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack |
| 心肌梗死 | xīn jī gěng sǐ | myocardial infarction; heart attack |
| 梗阻 | gěng zǔ | to obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction |
| 梗塞 | gěng sè | to clog; to block; to obstruct |
| 作梗 | zuò gěng | to obstruct; to stand in the way; to interfere; to create difficulties |
| 花梗 | huā gěng | stem of flower |
| 从中作梗 (從中作梗) | cóng zhōng zuò gěng | (idiom) to deliberately create obstacles; to obstruct from behind the scenes; to throw a wrench in the works |
| 梗死 | gěng sǐ | (medicine) to have an infarction |
| 脑梗塞 (腦梗塞) | nǎo gěng sè | cerebral infarction |
| 心梗 | xīn gěng | myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死 (xīn jī gěng sǐ)) |
English words written with 梗
梗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
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