架

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

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 加 sound ( jiā )

Components 加木

shelf · Heisig RSH #751

加 add + wood

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自行车架	zì xíng chē jià	bike rack; bicycle frame
高架道路	gāo jià dào lù	elevated road
花架子	huā jià zi	attractive appearance, but without substance
骨头架子	gǔ tou jià zi	skeleton; skinny person; a mere skeleton
架子车	jià zi chē	two-wheeled handcart
神农架地区	Shén nóng jià dì qū	Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
后车架	hòu chē jià	luggage carrier (bicycle)
龙门架	lóng mén jià	gantry
神农架林区	Shén nóng jià lín qū	Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
士力架	Shì lì jià	Snickers (candy bar)
脚手架	jiǎo shǒu jià	scaffolding
三脚架	sān jiǎo jià	tripod; derrick crane
官架子	guān jià zi	putting on official airs
架子	jià zi	shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
架空索道	jià kōng suǒ dào	aerial ropeway; cable car
拉架	lā jià	to try to stop a fight; to intervene in a fight
拉开架势	lā kāi jià shi	to assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
上架	shàng jià	to put goods on shelves; (of a product) to be available for sale
高架	gāo jià	overhead; elevated (walkway, highway etc); elevated road
下架	xià jià	to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
加 sound part	jiā	to add to, to increase, to augment
驾	jià	to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
嘉	jiā	excellent; joyful; auspicious
咖	kā	coffee; used in transliterations
伽	jiā	temple; used to transliterations
茄	qié	eggplant
迦	jiā	used in transliterations
痂	jiā	scab
枷	jiā	the stocks, a cangue scaffold
瘸	qué	lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs
跏	jiā	to squat, to sit cross-legged
袈	jiā	Buddhist cassock
笳	jiā	reed whistle