Memory phrase for the character: 槛

槛

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Meaning

banister, balustrade, cage, door sill, threshold

Pronunciation

jiàn, kǎn

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [= knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision)

Mnemonic
 
Wood that 'supervises' is a banister or door sill.

Radicals

木 tree
监 to supervise, jailTop: cut bamboo (= a knive 刂 and half of bamboo 竹), below: bowl 皿 .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.




 Vocabulary

门槛 mén kǎn  doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
云窗雾槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn  cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
雕楹碧槛 diāo yíng bì kǎn  carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
雕楹碧槛 diāo yíng bì kǎn  

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