砖

Traditional (Taiwan): 磚

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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zhuān ㄓㄨㄢ

- brick
- tile (floor or wall, not roof)

Classifiers (measure words)

brick

Usually

一块砖 kuài one brick
一堆砖 duī one pile of bricks

Less often

一匹砖 pǐ one brick
一车砖 chē one cartload of bricks
一垛砖 duò one neat stack of bricks
一丁砖 dīng one stack of 200 bricks
一落砖 luò one pile of stacked bricks

tile

一块砖 kuài one brick

Other words read zhuān

In the same tone

专 zhuān special
颛 zhuān good
䏝 zhuān gizzard
鱄 zhuān fish

zhuan with other tones

转 zhuǎn turn
传 zhuàn biography
赚 zhuàn earn
撰 zhuàn compose
馔 zhuàn food

All 17 words read zhuan in any tone

How 砖 is written

部首 radical: 石
笔画 strokes: 9, with 4 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 石专
形旁 meaning: 石
声旁 sound: 专

Words with 砖

Starting with 砖

砖头 zhuāntou brick
砖瓦 zhuānwǎ tiles and bricks
砖石 zhuānshí brick
砖窑 zhuānyáo brick kiln
砖块 zhuānkuài brick

All 7 words starting with 砖

Ending with 砖

敲门砖 qiāoménzhuān fig. a temporary expedient
瓷砖 cízhuān ceramic tile
地砖 dìzhuān floor tile
板砖 bǎnzhuān wall brick
砌砖 qìzhuān lay bricks

All 23 words ending with 砖

Containing 砖

抛砖引玉 pāozhuānyǐnyù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back
添砖加瓦 tiānzhuānjiāwǎ lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building
搬砖砸脚 bānzhuānzájiǎo boomerang
砌砖工 qìzhuāngōng bricklaying
金砖国家 jīnzhuānguójiā BRICS

All 6 words containing 砖

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Sources

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Make Me a Hanzi, from fonts by Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arphic Public License