框
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frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 框
- Common rank
- #1,996
- Unicode
- U+6846
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
rectangular frame · Heisig RSH #2674
木 tree + box + jewel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 框
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联合国气候变化框架公约 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | |
| 区字框 | radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22) | |
| 文本框 | (computing) text box | |
| 同字框 | name of the radical 冂[jiong1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13) | |
| 方框图 | flowchart; block diagram | |
| 对话框 | dialog box (computing) | |
| 镜框舞台 | theatrical set | |
| 引线框架 | (electronics) lead frame | |
| 连接框 | connection frame; linked frame | |
| 复选框 | check box | |
| 框子 | frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc) | |
| 门框 | door frame | |
| 相框 | photo frame | |
| 取景框 | rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs… | |
| 黑框 | black frame (esp. around glasses or a funerary portrait) | |
| 同框 | to appear together in a photo or video clip | |
| 木框 | wooden frame | |
| 框图 | flowchart; block diagram | |
| 边框 | frame; rim | |
| 讯框中继 | frame relay (telecommunications) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 匡 — compare how they read.