硌 (gè) — to cause pain by pressing (of a hard or bulging object against a body part)
Definition
硌 (gè) means a hard or protruding object presses painfully into the body, like a stone underfoot or a backpack strap digging into your shoulder. The subject is the hard thing, not the person feeling it.
verb
to cause pain by pressing (of a hard or bulging object against a body part)
Easily confused
- 路lùlook-alikeroad (a street or path)
- 个gèsound-alike(classifier) general individual classifier for people and objects without a specific classifier
- 胳gālook-alike(bound morpheme) armpit (only in 胳肢窝)
- 各gèsound-alike(determiner) each, every (used before a noun to refer to every individual member of a group)
- 络làolook-alike(bound morpheme) small net; used in 络子 lào zi, a net-like bag or pouch
- 铬gèsound-alikechromium
Examples
- 硌。Shí tou gè le wǒ de jiǎo.The stone hurt my foot.
- ，硌。Zhè bǎ yǐ zi yǒu kē dīng zi, gè dé wǒ zuò bú zhù.This chair has a nail pressing into me so I can't sit still.
- ，硌。Bēi bāo dài zi tài xì, gè jiān bǎng.The backpack straps are too thin and dig into my shoulders.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
In 硌, the 石 part points to rock or hard things, and the 各 part gives the sound.
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