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装

zhuāng

to put in; to pretend

A person packing a suitcase
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Character

装 zhuāng

Strokes
12
Radical
衣 — cloth
Made of
壮 big, large 衣 cloth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我装书包。 Wǒ zhuāng shū bāo. I pack my schoolbag.
  • 他在装病。 Tā zài zhuāng bìng. He is pretending to be sick.
  • 她装热水。 Tā zhuāng rè shuǐ. She fills it with hot water.

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