HSK 6 · Ideas

框架 kuàngjià “frame” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 框架 means

  1. frame
  2. framework
  3. (construction) frame
  4. (fig.) framework

How to say 框架

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale框kuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale架jià4th tone, falling

框架 in a sentence

  1. 整个框架由铁金属制成。

    Zhěng ge kuàngjià yóu tiě jīnshǔ zhìchéng.

    The whole frame is made of iron.

    Sentence #13490135 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 框架 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 框 (kuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
框kuàngframe
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 匡to correct · kuāngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 匡 (kuāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuàng.

The character 架 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
架jiàto support
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

How to write 框架

框 10 strokes · 架 9 strokes

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框架 (kuàngjià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 框架 (kuàngjià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 框架

Words with 架

吵架chǎojià · to quarrel书架shūjià · bookshelf打架dǎjià · to fight绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap

More words: Ideas & Concepts

举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention局限júxiàn · to limit考验kǎoyàn · to test空白kòngbái · blank苦尽甘来kǔjìngānlái · after hardship comes happiness来历láilì · origin来源láiyuán · source良心liángxīn · conscience

FAQs

框架 (kuàngjià) means “frame” or “framework”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuàngjià: kuàng with a 4th tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 框架 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuangjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 框架 from the suggestions. Typing kuangjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
框架 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.