栅 (zhà): fence
栅 (zhà) is a Chinese character meaning “fence.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (structural) and 册 (structural). It ranks #2691 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 栅 a fence 册 made of wood 木; 册 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- fence
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA fence 册 made of wood 木; 册 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰木册 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栅栏noun | zhà lán | fence |
| 栅极 | shān jí | grid (in vacuum tubes) |
| 木栅noun | mù zhà | Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei |
| 球栅阵列封装 | qiú shān zhèn liè fēng zhuāng | ball grid array (BGA), type of microchip package |
| 栅子 | zhà zi | bamboo fence |
| 栅门 | zhà mén | gate |
| 木栅线 | mù zhà xiàn | Taipei Metro Muzha Line, former name of the Wenshan Line 文山線|文山线 |
| 栅条 | zhà tiáo | paling |
| 光栅 | guāng shān | (optics) grating (esp. diffraction grating) |
| 格栅noun | gé shān | grille |
| 栅格noun | shān gé | grid |
| 栅篱 | zhà lí | hedge |
| 栏栅noun | lán zhà | barrier |
栅 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 15 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 栅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
就像宝马新世代车型重新演绎双肾格栅那样,日产也把它们的四圆尾灯带进了新时代。
jiù xiàng bǎo mǎ xīn shì dài chē xíng chóng xīn yǎn yì shuāng shèn gé zhà nà yàng , rì chǎn yě bǎ tā men de sì yuán wěi dēng dài jìn le xīn shí dài .
Just as BMW has reimagined the double-kidney grille in its new generation of models, Nissan has also brought its four-circle taillights into a new era.
厨房烤箱设有开心和难过表情设置,门框会歪斜,格栅会落下,电梯内有闪烁灯光。
chú fáng kǎo xiāng shè yǒu kāi xīn hé nán guò biǎo qíng shè zhì , mén kuàng huì wāi xié , gé zhà huì luò xià , diàn tī nèi yǒu shǎn shuò dēng guāng .
The kitchen oven has "happy" and "sad" face settings; the door frame tilts, the grill drops down, and there are flashing lights inside the elevator.
前脸采用横贯式山河格栅,取“步步高升”之意;前后环抱式灯组则寓意“家业圆满”。
qián liǎn cǎi yòng héng guàn shì shān hé gé zhà , qǔ bù bù gāo shēng zhī yì ; qián hòu huán bào shì dēng zǔ zé yù yì jiā yè yuán mǎn .
The front fascia features a full-width “Mountains and Rivers” grille, symbolizing “steady advancement”; the wraparound headlights and taillights at the front and rear symbolize “family prosperity.”
上方开着圆形的进出风格栅,里面还塞了一颗主动散热风扇。
shàng fāng kāi zhe yuán xíng de jìn chū fēng gé zhà , lǐ miàn hái sāi le yī kē zhǔ dòng sàn rè fēng shān .
There is a circular air intake grille at the top, with an active cooling fan mounted inside.
采用专属双肾格栅设计 IT之家注意到,新车最引人关注的变化出现在前大灯之间。
cǎi yòng zhuān shǔ shuāng shèn gé zhà shè jì I T zhī jiā zhù yì dào , xīn chē zuì yǐn rén guān zhù de biàn huà chū xiàn zài qián dà dēng zhī jiān .
Featuring an exclusive double-kidney grille design, IT Home noted that the most striking change on the new car is located between the headlights.
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