brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
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How to pronounce 磚

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.

= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

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+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

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磚 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
shí = sh + Ø2
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
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dàn = d + an4
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters
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shí = sh + Ø2
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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dàn = d + an4
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
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for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
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Characters with 磚 as component

磚 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 磚

lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong

Sentences with 磚

磚 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhuān

brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

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