TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
擱
擱 ＝ 扌 ＋ 閣
ㄍㄜ · gē
verb — to put down, set aside; to shelve, delay
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
Tgé → gē — the tone shifts
A hand (扌) sets a thing down and leaves it — to put aside. 閣 gé carries the sound, worn to gē; a 閣 is a loft, where things are shelved and left. From 擱下、擱置 to letting a matter sit unfinished.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）把那封信往桌角一擱，像擱進閣（閣）樓，再沒動過。
The hand (扌) sets the letter down on the corner of the desk, shelved as in a 閣 loft — and never touched again.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)擱、擱下— to put down, to set aside常用
→擱置— to shelve, to leave pending常用
⇒耽擱— to delay, hold up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
閣géthe bare phonetic — the loft, no hand閤héthe -class series — 各 inside 門, a side door