砖
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brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
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How 砖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 专 (phonetic, zhuān)
How to remember it
brick · Heisig RSH #2604
石 stone + corncob pipe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 专
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 专 (zhuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专 sound component | zhuān | concentrated, specialized; to monopolize |
| 转 | zhuǎn | to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail |
| 传 | chuán | to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons |
| 抟 | tuán | to roll around in one's hand; to model |
Words containing 砖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金砖国家 | Jīn zhuān Guó jiā | BRICS (economic bloc) |
| 地板砖 | dì bǎn zhuān | floor tile |
| 砖红土 | zhuān hóng tǔ | red brick clay |
| 引玉之砖 | yǐn yù zhī zhuān | lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom); fig. a modest suggestion i… |
| 软木砖 | ruǎn mù zhuān | cork tile; cork flooring |
| 砖头 | zhuān tou | brick |
| 地砖 | dì zhuān | floor tile |
| 金砖 | Jīn zhuān | (bound form) BRICS |
| 金砖 | jīn zhuān | gold brick |
| 面砖 | miàn zhuān | facing brick; facade tile used to cover exterior walls |
| 砖石 | zhuān shí | brick |
| 变砖 | biàn zhuān | (of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable |
| 板砖 | bǎn zhuān | (dialect) wall brick |
| 标砖 | biāo zhuān | marker brick (in building); keystone |
| 盲道砖 | máng dào zhuān | tactile paving tile |
| 耐火砖 | nài huǒ zhuān | refractory brick; firebrick |
| 砖瓦 | zhuān wǎ | tiles and bricks |
| 冰砖 | bīng zhuān | ice-cream brick; brick of ice |
| 抛砖引玉 | pāo zhuān yǐn yù | lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest … |
| 添砖加瓦 | tiān zhuān jiā wǎ | lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help |