砖

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brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 meaning “stone” + 专 sound ( zhuān )

Components 石专

brick · Heisig RSH #2604

石 stone + corncob pipe

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
金砖国家	Jīn zhuān Guó jiā	BRICS (economic bloc)
地板砖	dì bǎn zhuān	floor tile
砖红土	zhuān hóng tǔ	red brick clay
引玉之砖	yǐn yù zhī zhuān	lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom); fig. a modest suggestion i…
软木砖	ruǎn mù zhuān	cork tile; cork flooring
砖头	zhuān tou	brick
地砖	dì zhuān	floor tile
金砖	Jīn zhuān	(bound form) BRICS
金砖	jīn zhuān	gold brick
面砖	miàn zhuān	facing brick; facade tile used to cover exterior walls
砖石	zhuān shí	brick
变砖	biàn zhuān	(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable
板砖	bǎn zhuān	(dialect) wall brick
标砖	biāo zhuān	marker brick (in building); keystone
盲道砖	máng dào zhuān	tactile paving tile
耐火砖	nài huǒ zhuān	refractory brick; firebrick
砖瓦	zhuān wǎ	tiles and bricks
冰砖	bīng zhuān	ice-cream brick; brick of ice
抛砖引玉	pāo zhuān yǐn yù	lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest …
添砖加瓦	tiān zhuān jiā wǎ	lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
专 sound part	zhuān	concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
转	zhuǎn	to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
传	chuán	to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
抟	tuán	to roll around in one's hand; to model