桩

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stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 庄 sound ( zhuāng )

Components 木庄

stake · Heisig RSH #1789

木 tree + 庄 hamlet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小事一桩	xiǎo shì yī zhuāng	trivial matter; a piece of cake
打桩机	dǎ zhuāng jī	pile driver (machinery)
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚	nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn	rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
充电桩	chōng diàn zhuāng	electric vehicle charging point; EV charger
打桩	dǎ zhuāng	to drive piles into
路桩	lù zhuāng	bollard
桩构栈道	zhuāng gòu zhàn dào	pile trestle
木桩	mù zhuāng	wooden pile; stake
基桩	jī zhuāng	foundation piles
板桩	bǎn zhuāng	sheet pile
桩脚	zhuāng jiǎo	pier foundation (architecture); (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support on…
树桩	shù zhuāng	tree stump
标桩	biāo zhuāng	(marking) stake
界桩	jiè zhuāng	boundary marker; boundary post; boundary pillar
件件桩桩	jiàn jiàn zhuāng zhuāng	see 樁樁件件\|桩桩件件[zhuang1 zhuang1 jian4 jian4]
桩桩件件	zhuāng zhuāng jiàn jiàn	each and every one
暗桩	àn zhuāng	submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy
绑桩	bǎng zhuāng	(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)
缆桩	lǎn zhuāng	mooring bollard

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
庄 sound part	zhuāng	village, hamlet; villa, manor
脏	zāng	organs, viscera; dirty, filthy
赃	zāng	booty, loot; stolen goods; to bribe