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Characters, words, pinyin or English

幢 chuáng carriage curtain

carriage curtain; measure word for buildings

How to remember 幢: 巾 towel + 童 child = carriage curtain. On the fairground ride, a towel flaps out of the old coach, where a child peeks from behind the carriage curtain.

  • HSK 7
  • 15 strokes
  • Radical 巾

Component breakdown

幢 = 巾 towel + 童 child

  • 巾 towel
  • 童 child
    • 立 stand
    • 里 in
      • 日 sun
      • 土 earth
The Gushi story

On the fairground ride, a towel flaps out of the old coach, where a child peeks from behind the carriage curtain.

How it is used

  • A measure word for buildings: 一幢楼 (yí zhuàng lóu) a building, 那幢别墅 (nà zhuàng biéshù) that villa.
  • Read chuáng in 经幢 (jīngchuáng, a stone sutra-pillar). The building measure word (zhuàng) is the everyday use.