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檔: official records; shelves

By February 13, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Language-Learning

 

檔[档] dàng

verb
: official records; grade (of goods); file; records
: shelves; cross-piece; measure word for cross-pieces

Kun Reading
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On Reading
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 Usage:

檔[档]案 dang4’an4: file; record; archive
檔[档]次 dang4ci4: grade; class; quality; level
檔[档]口 dang4kou3: (Cantonese 粵) stall; booth
檔[档]期 dang4qi1: movie theater schedule
高檔[档] gao1dang4: superior quality; high grade; top grade
低檔[低档] di1dang4: low-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality; inferior
 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
木 (mu4: tree radical 75) suggests the meaning while
(dang1 | dang4: to serve as; accept | suitable) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
档. Derived from generic character simplification rule #23 (當 » 当).



Semantic:
欓 dang3: a cross-piece, as the round of a ladder, the rail of a chair; shelves; pigeonholes



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary