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砖

zhuān

brick

HSK 6 · Topic “Fields and Materials”
A neat stack of red bricks with a small trowel
Memory picture

Character

砖 zhuān

Strokes
9
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
石 stone, rock, mineral 专 concentrated, specialized
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 工人把一块块砖整齐地码在墙边。 Gōngrén bǎ yí kuài kuài zhuān zhěngqí de mǎ zài qiáng biān. The workers stacked the bricks neatly by the wall.
  • 老房子的墙是用红砖砌成的。 Lǎo fángzi de qiáng shì yòng hóng zhuān qì chéng de. The walls of the old house are built of red brick.
  • 这块砖太重了，我一只手拿不动。 Zhè kuài zhuān tài zhòng le, wǒ yì zhī shǒu ná bú dòng. This brick is too heavy; I can't hold it with one hand.

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