寨 zhài stockade
stockade; stronghold; outpost
How to remember 寨: 𡨄 block up + 木 tree = stockade. At summer camp the kids block up every gap with moss and drag a fallen tree around their hut to build a stockade.
Component breakdown
寨 = 𡨄 block up + 木 tree
- 𡨄 block up
- 木 tree
At summer camp the kids block up every gap with moss and drag a fallen tree around their hut to build a stockade.
How it is used
- A stockaded village or camp: 山寨 (shānzhài) a fortified hill village, 村寨 (cūnzhài) a hamlet, often of ethnic-minority areas.
- 山寨 in modern slang = knockoff/copycat: 山寨手机 (shānzhài shǒujī) a fake-brand phone.
- 安营扎寨 (ānyíng-zhāzhài) = to pitch camp.