槛
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door sill; threshold
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 木 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 檻
- Common rank
- #2,705
- Unicode
- U+69DB
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Formation & memory
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Words with 槛
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核门槛 | nuclear threshold | |
| 踏破门槛 | to wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door | |
| 朱云折槛 | (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emp… | |
| 下槛 | (architecture) doorsill | |
| 槛车 | cart with cage, used to escort prisoner | |
| 门槛 | doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) | |
| 云窗雾槛 | cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in … | |
| 槛花笼鹤 | a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner | |
| 笼鸟槛猿 | bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner | |
| 笼槛 | cage (for animals) | |
| 阑槛 | railing; fence; banisters | |
| 阑槛 | see 闌檻|阑槛[lan2 jian4] | |
| 轩槛 | railings of a balcony | |
| 雕楹碧槛 | carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 监 — compare how they read.