框

frame

框 is composed of 木 (wood) and a variant of 匡 (square container, assist). 匡 depicts a square vessel for holding objects, implying surrounding or fixing. Thus, 框 refers to a frame or structure with a fixing function, as such frames are often made of wood.

Vocabulary of 框

畫框 (picture frame)
鏡框 (mirror frame)
框架 (framework)

Classification

Related Characters:

wood 5本root 5末end 5未not yet 5朮glutinous millet 6朿

stab 6朽aged 6朵flower 6杀

vermilion 7村village 7束

pole 7杙stake for tethering animals 8林

ferry 8杯cup 8析divide 8杪tip of branch 8東

crooked 8杵pestle 8果fruit 8枝

branch 9柲weapon handle 9柄handle 9柑

someone 9枯dried up 9柵fence 9柞

oak 9柯stem 9柱

leaf 9柤wooden fence 9查check 9柔soft 9柙

chessboard 9枷cangue 10桔Platycodon 10案table 10栓bottle stopper 10核nucleus 10框

frame 10桑mulberry 10桀cruel 10根root 10格frame 10校check 10桓hover 10株tree trunk 10桅mast 11桶bucket 11梢tip 11梅plum 11桿

pole 11械tool 11梨

jungle 12植plant 12棧pen for livestock 12棺

coffin 12極extreme 12棄abandon 12棋chess 12棆wood 13楊poplar 13楂raft 13楚pain 13楨trunk 14榮

press 14樟camphor 14榷

footbridge 14槍spear 14業cluster 14模model 14槃dish 15標sign 15樣shape 15樞hinge 15樂music 16樹tree 16樵firewood 16橇sled 16橫across 17檣mast 17檔

shelves 17檢letter 17檀sandalwood 18櫈bench 18櫃cabinet 18檯table 20櫬

coffin 21櫻cherry 22權