HSK 5 · Objects

书架 shūjià “bookshelf” in Chinese

Traditional 書架

What 书架 means

  1. bookshelf

Measure word 个 gè · 一个书架 yí ge shūjià

How to say 书架

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale书shū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale架jià4th tone, falling

书架 in a sentence

  1. 他从书架上取下那本书。

    Tā cóng shūjià shàng qǔ xià nà běn shū.

    He took the book down from the shelf.

    Sentence #3752948 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他把书放在了书架上。

    Tā bǎ shū fàng zài le shūjià shàng.

    He put the book on the bookshelf.

    Sentence #1862607 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个书架组装起来很简单。

    Zhè ge shūjià zǔzhuāng qǐlai hěn jiǎndān.

    This bookshelf is easy to put together.

    Sentence #13108759 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 书架 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 书 (shū) drawn as one shape
书shūbook

书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.

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 书架

书 4 strokes · 架 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 书架

Words with 书

书shū · book书店shūdiàn · bookstore读书dúshū · to read a book书包shūbāo · schoolbag图书馆túshūguǎn · library电子书diànzǐshū · e-book秘书mìshū · secretary书面shūmiàn · written证书zhèngshū · certificate书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)

Words with 架

吵架chǎojià · to quarrel打架dǎjià · to fight绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap框架kuàngjià · frame

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FAQs

书架 (shūjià) means “bookshelf”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shūjià: shū with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 书架 is written 書架. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one bookshelf is 一个书架 (yí ge shūjià).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shujia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 书架 from the suggestions. Typing shujia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
书架 is an HSK 5 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.