Memory phrase for the Kanji: 街


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Meaning road, street

Pronunciation

jiē

Explanation

Outside: to go , center: heap of soil (= 2x earth)

Mnemonic


 
I am going on elevated/piled earth: on a road.

Radicals

walk
piled earthTwo times earth 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
 街头巷尾  jiē tóu xiàng wěi  top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
 街坊  jiē fāng  neighborhood
 街坊  jiē fāng  

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