Memory phrase for the character: 窗


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Meaning window, shutter

Pronunciation

chuāng

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), bottom: chimney 囱 (In a room 囗 sitting cross-legged 夂 under the chimney.)

Mnemonic


 
This hole has the function of a chimney, but it is: a window.

Radicals

caveIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
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 Vocabulary

窗户 chuāng hu  window
窗口 chuāng kǒu  window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground
窗子 chuāng zǐ  casement; window
窗帘 chuāng lián  window curtains
橱窗 chú chuāng  display window
云窗雾槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn  cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
云窗雾槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn  


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