Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 匾

匾

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Meaning

 a board with an inscription, a sign above a door, a tablet

Pronunciation

 biǎn

Explanation

 Left: partical frame 匸, inside: flat 扁 (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets 冊 are flat. Or: A door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊 as: "door plate")

Mnemonic

A frame with a flat door plate is: a inscripted board.

Radicals

匸 hiding enclosure
扁 flat, plan(understood as a door-戶--plate-冊)
戶 door(Image of a sliding door 尸 in an upper guidance rail.)
冊 writing tablets
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Vocabulary

匾额 biǎn é a horizontal inscribed board
牌匾 pái biǎn board (attached to a wall)
横匾 héng biǎn horizontal tablet (for an inscription)

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