shelter

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from the pictographic depiction of a roof or shelter extending overhead, shown as a sweeping curved line. In ancient pictographs, it represents the concept of coverage, protection, or a sheltered space.

Mnemonic: Remember that the broad curved stroke resembles a wide roof sheltering the space below.

• 床chuáng🔊

  bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1])

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 应yīng🔊

  to agree (to do sth)

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 库kù🔊

  warehouse

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 庇bì🔊

  to protect

  7 strokes

• 庈qín🔊

  (person)

  7 strokes

• 庉dùn🔊

  a village

  7 strokes

• 庋guǐ🔊

  (literary) shelf

  7 strokes

• 序xù🔊

  (bound form) order; sequence

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 庐lú🔊

  hut

  7 strokes

• 庑wǔ🔊

  small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda

  7 strokes

• 庒zhuāng🔊

  old variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]

  7 strokes

• 店diàn🔊

  inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1])

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 废fèi🔊

  to abolish

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 底dǐ🔊

  bottom; base

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 府fǔ🔊

  seat of government

  8 strokes

• 庙miào🔊

  temple

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 庞páng🔊

  (bound form) huge

  8 strokes

• 庖páo🔊

  kitchen

  8 strokes

• 庚gēng🔊

  age

  8 strokes

• 度dù🔊

  to pass

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 庭tíng🔊

  main hall

  9 strokes

• 庠xiáng🔊

  (archaic) a school

  9 strokes

• 庤zhì🔊

  to prepare

  9 strokes

• 庥xiū🔊

  protection

  9 strokes

• 座zuò🔊

  seat

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 庬páng🔊

  huge

  10 strokes