栈

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a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse; (computing) stack

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 戋 sound ( jiān )

Components 木戋

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
栈山航海	zhàn shān háng hǎi	to have a long and hard journey (idiom)
栈桥式码头	zhàn qiáo shì mǎ tou	jetty; pier
转运栈	zhuǎn yùn zhàn	storage depot on a transportation route
老马恋栈	lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn	lit. the old horse loves his stable; fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (i…
关栈费	guān zhàn fèi	bonding fee
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓	míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng	lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Ch…
行栈	háng zhàn	warehouse
栈主	zhàn zhǔ	innkeeper
栈道	zhàn dào	plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff; (archaic) elevated passageway connecting…
栈车	zhàn chē	ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo; CL:輛\|辆[liang4]
技术栈	jì shù zhàn	technology stack
露天堆栈	lù tiān duī zhàn	open-air repository; open-air depot
全栈	quán zhàn	full technology stack; full-stack
栈单	zhàn dān	cargo receipt; landing account; warehouse or storage receipt; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
关栈	guān zhàn	bonded warehouse
栈存储器	zhàn cún chǔ qì	stack memory (computing)
栈板	zhàn bǎn	pallet
贸易货栈	mào yì huò zhàn	commercial warehouse
进栈	jìn zhàn	(computing) to push (a value) onto a stack
商栈	shāng zhàn	inn; caravansary

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戋 sound part	jiān	small, narrow; tiny, little
线	xiàn	line, thread, wire; clue, trail
钱	qián	money, currency, coins
残	cán	to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
浅	qiǎn	shallow, superficial
践	jiàn	to trample, to tread on, to walk over
笺	jiān	note, memo, letter; stationery; comments
饯	jiàn	to send off; farewell dinner; preserves