磚 (zyun1 | zhuan1) : brick

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磚

zyun1

zhuan1

brick; brick-shaped thing

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

磚 / 砖

This word has been viewed 4875 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Apr 2014 14:36

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紅磚 hung4 zyun1 = common brick

金磚 gam1 zyun1 jin1 zhuan1 = gold brick

水磨磚 seoi2 mo4*2 zyun1 = a bath brick

泥磚 nai4 zyun1 = adobe

冰磚 bing1 zyun1 bing1 zhuan1 = ice-cream brick

地磚 dei6 zyun1 = tile, brick

瓷磚 ci4 zyun1 ci2 zhuan1 = ceramic tile, glazed tile

廚房階磚，鹹濕 ceoi4 fong4*2 gaai1 zyun1, haam4 sap1 chu2 fang2 jie1 zhuan1, xian2 shi1 = lascivious; licentious; lustful 粵

磚屋 zyun1 uk1 zhuan1 wu1 = brick house

茶磚 caa4 zyun1 cha2 zhuan1 = brick tea
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 12 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 磚
Unicode code for this character: U+78da (off-site link)

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