敞

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open to the view of all; spacious; to open wide; to disclose

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 meaning “let go” + 尚 sound ( shàng )

Components 尚攵

spacious · Heisig RSH #345

尚 esteem + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
敞开儿	chǎng kāi r	unrestrictedly
高敞	gāo chǎng	large and spacious
敞口	chǎng kǒu	open-mouthed (jar etc); (of speech) freely; exposure (finance)
敞车	chǎng chē	open wagon; (railway) flatcar
敞开	chǎng kāi	to open wide; unrestrictedly
开敞	kāi chǎng	wide open
嘴敞	zuǐ chǎng	to have a loose tongue; talkative
张敞	Zhāng Chǎng	Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
敞篷汽车	chǎng péng qì chē	convertible (car)
敞亮	chǎng liàng	bright and spacious
宽敞	kuān chang	spacious; wide
敞篷车	chǎng péng chē	a convertible; open-top car

Characters sharing the sound component 尚 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尚 sound part	shàng	still, yet; even; fairly, rather
常	cháng	common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
党	dǎng	political party, gang, faction
堂	táng	hall, large room; government office; cousins
掌	zhǎng	in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
赏	shǎng	reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant
尝	cháng	to taste; to experience, to experiment with
躺	tǎng	to recline, to lie down
棠	táng	crabapple tree; wild plum
趟	tàng	time, occasion; to make a journey
倘	tǎng	if, supposing, in event of
淌	tǎng	to trickle down, to flow, to drip; to shed tears
裳	cháng	skirt, petticoat; beautiful
惝	chǎng	alarmed, agitated
徜	cháng	to linger, to walk back and forth
绱	shàng	the sole of a shoe; to patch, to sole
䠀	chǎng	to meditate; to sit cross-legged
牚	chēng	variant of 撐\|撑[cheng1]