Chinese

架

jià
rack; stand; prop; frame; framework
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 木
  • 9 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kraːls): phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl) + semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) – a wooden prop.

Cognate with Burmese ကြာ (kra, “to last, take time”) (Hill, 2019, p. 205).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • soundChinese加 “to put on top of another object”
    • ideaChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • meaningChinese木 “tree; woody plant”

Related: Burmese ကြာ

Words built on it: 吵架, 打架

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