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Translation

jià = ji + a4: to support / frame / rack / framework / classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

In the ashram’s bathroom (a4), Joan of Arc (ji) prepares an art project. She decorates a Christmas tree (木) lavishly with cheerleaders’ pom poms (加) and puts a huge frame (架) in front of the scenery. Now when she takes a photo of the whole setup, it will look like a nice framed (架) picture.

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How to pronounce 架

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ a4 final

In the ashram’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

架 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
jiā = ji + a1
to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) / Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) / surname Jia
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= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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Characters with 架 as component

架 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 架

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to kidnap / to abduct / to hijack / a kidnapping / abduction / staking
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL:場|场[chang2]
to quarrel / to have a row / quarrel / CL:頓|顿[dun4]
Sentences with 架
xīng
xing
chéng
yín
 
 
cǎi
hóng
jià
zuò
fēi
qiáo

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jià

to support / frame / rack / framework / classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

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