棚
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shed; canopy; shack
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 棚
- Common rank
- #2,146
- Unicode
- U+68DA
Formation & memory
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Words with 棚
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 | even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idio… | |
| 棚架格子 | trellis latticework | |
| 棚户区 | shantytown | |
| 住棚节 | Sukkot or Succoth, Jewish holiday | |
| 录音棚 | recording studio | |
| 棚子 | shack; shed; CL:間|间[jian1] | |
| 大棚 | greenhouse; polytunnel | |
| 天棚 | ceiling; awning | |
| 手搭凉棚 | to shade one's eyes with one's hand | |
| 打棚 | (dialect) to joke | |
| 工棚 | temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation) | |
| 简易棚 | makeshift shelter; awning | |
| 牛棚 | cowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution; (base… | |
| 货棚 | covered stall; shed | |
| 雨棚 | awning | |
| 棚顶 | canopy; roof; ceiling | |
| 顶棚 | ceiling; awning (under ceiling) | |
| 摄影棚 | film studio; television studio | |
| 棚户 | shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers | |
| 棚架 | trellis; scaffolding |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 朋 — compare how they read.