Memory phrase for the Kanji: 街
街
Hanzi-Trainer
Meaning
road, street
Pronunciation
jiē
Explanation
Outside: to go 行 , center: 圭 heap of soil 土 (= 2x earth)
Mnemonic
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I am going on elevated/piled earth: on a road.
Radicals
行
walk
圭
piled earth Two times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)
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Vocabulary
街道
jiē dào
street; subdistrict; residential district
557
街头巷尾
jiē tóu xiàng wěi
top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
6239
街坊
jiē fāng
neighborhood
6553
街坊
jiē fāng
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