街
street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
12 strokes
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How 街 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
行 (semantic, “walk”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)
How to remember it
street · Heisig RSH #760
boulevard + bricks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 桂 | guì | cassia, cinnamon |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 哇 | wā | to vomit; an infant's cry |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 卦 | guà | divination, fortune-telling |
| 洼 | wā | pit, hollow, depression; swamp |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
| 诖 | guà | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |
Words containing 街
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 华尔街日报 | Huá ěr jiē Rì bào | Wall Street Journal |
| 上街区 | Shàng jiē Qū | Shangjie, a district of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 地下街 | dì xià jiē | underground shopping arcade; underground mall |
| 街道办事处 | jiē dào bàn shì chù | (PRC) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit) |
| 华尔街 | Huá ěr Jiē | Wall Street, New York; by extension, American big business |
| 三月街 | Sān yuè Jiē | Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2] |
| 步行街 | bù xíng jiē | car-free zone; pedestrian street |
| 美食街 | měi shí jiē | food court; food street |
| 街头艺人 | jiē tóu yì rén | busker; street artist |
| 过街天桥 | guò jiē tiān qiáo | skywalk; pedestrian bridge |
| 八角街 | Bā jiǎo Jiē | Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, … |
| 老鼠过街，人人喊打 | lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ | lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom); fig. everyone detests a … |
| 过街老鼠 | guò jiē lǎo shǔ | sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 gu… |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 街区 | jiē qū | block; neighborhood |
| 街市 | jiē shì | downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace sel… |
| 街头 | jiē tóu | street |
| 街机 | jiē jī | arcade machine |
| 丁字街 | dīng zì jiē | T-junction |
| 上街 | shàng jiē | to go onto the streets; to go shopping |