框

frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuang1]

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,996 U+6846

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 匡 (phonetic, kuāng)

components: 木匡

rectangular frame · Heisig RSH #2674

木 tree + box + jewel

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 匡

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 匡 (kuāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
匡 sound component	kuāng	to correct, to revise; to restore
眶	kuàng	eye socket; the corner of the eye
筐	kuāng	bamboo basket or chest
哐	kuāng	onomatopoetic, a clang or clatter
诓	kuāng	to swindle, to cheat; to lie

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
联合国气候变化框架公约	Lián hé guó Qì hòu Biàn huà Kuàng jià Gōng yuē	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
区字框	qū zì kuàng	radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22)
文本框	wén běn kuàng	(computing) text box
同字框	tóng zì kuàng	name of the radical 冂[jiong1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13)
方框图	fāng kuàng tú	flowchart; block diagram
对话框	duì huà kuàng	dialog box (computing)
镜框舞台	jìng kuàng wǔ tái	theatrical set
引线框架	yǐn xiàn kuàng jià	(electronics) lead frame
连接框	lián jiē kuàng	connection frame; linked frame
复选框	fù xuǎn kuàng	check box
框子	kuàng zi	frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc)
门框	mén kuàng	door frame
相框	xiàng kuàng	photo frame
取景框	qǔ jǐng kuàng	rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs…
黑框	hēi kuàng	black frame (esp. around glasses or a funerary portrait)
同框	tóng kuàng	to appear together in a photo or video clip
木框	mù kuàng	wooden frame
框图	kuàng tú	flowchart; block diagram
边框	biān kuàng	frame; rim
讯框中继	xùn kuàng zhōng jì	frame relay (telecommunications)