Memory phrase for the character: 街

街

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Meaning

road, street

Pronunciation

jiē

Explanation

 Outside: to go 行, center: 圭 heap of soil 土 (= 2x earth)

Mnemonic
 
I am going on elevated/piled earth: on a road.

Radicals

行 walk
圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)




 Vocabulary

街道 jiē dào  street; subdistrict; residential district
街头巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi  top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
街坊 jiē fāng  neighborhood
街坊 jiē fāng  

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