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框

kuàng

frame; to frame; to mark out

A person draws a red frame around one apple
Memory picture

Character

框 kuàng

Strokes
10
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 匡 to correct, to revise
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 请把有争议的段落先用红线框出来,会议上我们逐条讨论。 Qǐng bǎ yǒu zhēngyì de duànluò xiān yòng hóngxiàn kuàng chūlái, huìyì shàng wǒmen zhú tiáo tǎolùn. Please mark out the disputed passages with a red line first, and we will discuss them one by one at the meeting.
  • 爷爷把全家福放进了木框里。 Yéye bǎ quánjiāfú fàng jìn le mù kuàng lǐ. Grandpa put the family photo into a wooden frame.
  • 请用笔把正确答案框起来。 Qǐng yòng bǐ bǎ zhèngquè dá'àn kuàng qǐlai. Please draw a box around the correct answer with a pen.

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