架 (jià): shelf, frame
架 (jià) is a Chinese character meaning “shelf, frame.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 加 (phonetic) and 木 (semantic). It ranks #846 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 架 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- shelf, frame
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 架
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绑架 | bǎng jià | to kidnap |
| 十字架 | shí zì jià | cross |
| 架子 | jià zi | shelf |
| 骨架 | gǔ jià | framework |
| 担架 | dān jià | stretcher |
| 支架 | zhī jià | trestle |
| 架势 | jià shi | attitude |
| 衣架 | yī jià | clothes hanger |
| 货架 | huò jià | shelf for goods |
| 散架 | sǎn jià | to fall apart |
| 框架 | kuàng jià | (construction) frame |
| 三脚架 | sān jiǎo jià | tripod |
| 招架 | zhāo jià | to resist |
| 摆架子 | bǎi jià zi | to put on airs |
| 起落架 | qǐ luò jià | (aviation) landing gear |
架 appears in 100 compound words: 15 as the first character, 72 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 架 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
书架上的书太多了，需要再买一个新的来存放。
Shūjià shang de shū tài duō le, xūyào zài mǎi yí gè xīn de lái cúnfàng.
There are too many books on the bookshelf; I need to buy a new one to store them.
國1五楊高架「男下車墜橋亡」!家屬悲赴殯儀館 相驗追...
國 wǔ 楊 gāo jià nán xià 車 墜 橋 wáng ! jiā 屬 bēi fù 殯 儀 館 xiāng 驗 zhuī . . .
Man Falls to Death from Wuyang Overpass on National Highway 1! Family Devastated as They Head to Funeral Home; Autopsy Underway...
載到搶匪!刀架脖問「要錢還要命」 運將哭喊:我要養孩
載 dào 搶 fěi ! dāo jià bó 問 yāo 錢 還 yāo mìng 運 將 kū hǎn wǒ yāo 養 hái
Robbers in the cab! Knife to the neck: "Money or your life?" Driver cries out: "I have kids to raise!"
國1五楊高架小黃乘客離奇墜橋亡 檢警相驗釐清原因
國 wǔ 楊 gāo jià xiǎo 黃 chéng kè 離 qí 墜 橋 wáng 檢 jǐng xiāng 驗 釐 qīng yuán yīn
Passenger Mysteriously Falls to Death from Wuyang Elevated Highway in National Highway 1 Section Prosecutors and Police Conduct Autopsy to Determine Cause
五楊高架男搭小黃情緒失控! 下車亂竄墜橋亡
wǔ 楊 gāo jià nán dā xiǎo 黃 qíng 緒 shī kòng ! xià 車 亂 竄 墜 橋 wáng
Man on the Wu Yang elevated train lost control of his emotions! He got out of the car and fell off the bridge.
...单:比亚迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏欧规设定
. . . dān bǐ yà dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān ōu guī shè dìng
... 单:BYD详解澳洲车型本地化调调细节,悬架更硬更偏欧规设定
你又和汤姆吵架了吗？
Nǐ yòu hé Tāngmǔ chǎojià le ma?
Did you have another fight with Tom?
汤姆有一架钢琴吗？
Tāngmǔ yǒu yījià gāngqín ma?
Does Tom have a piano?
这架飞机一次可以携带40名乘客。
Zhè jià fēijī yīcì kěyǐ xiédài sì shí míng chéngkè.
This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.
我需要购买新的镜架。
Wǒ xūyào gòumǎi xīn de jìngjià.
I need to buy new spectacle frames.
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