磚 [传] chuán
verb
: to pass on; to spread; to transmit
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かわら kawara
noun
: tile
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セン sen
テン ten
磚[砖]瓦 zhuan1wa3: tiles and bricks
磚塊 [砖块] zhuan1kuai4: brick
磚[砖]石 zhuan1shi2: brick
磚窯 [砖窑] zhuan1yao2: brick kiln
磚頭 [砖头] zhuan1tou: brick
冰磚[砖] bing1zhuan1: ice-cream brick
地磚[砖] dìzzhuan1: floor tile
拍磚[砖] pai1zhuan1: (slang) to throw brickbats; to criticize harshly
板磚[砖] ban3zhuan1: (dialect) wall brick
標磚 [标砖] biāozhuan1: marker brick (in building); keystone
Japanese common word
磚茶 | たんちゃ tancha OR だんちゃ dancha: brick tea
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
引玉之磚 [引玉之砖] yin3 yu4 zhi1 zhuan1
: lit. a brick thrown after a jade; enticing sb to come forward
OR
拋磚引玉 [抛砖引玉] pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4
: lit. to throw a brick to attract jade; fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)
搬磚砸腳 [搬砖砸脚] ban1 zhuan1 za2 jiao3
: to hurt oneself by one’s own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
添磚加瓦 [添砖加瓦] tian1 zhuan1 jia1 wa3
: lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building; fig. to do one’s bit to help
形声 Pictophonetic.
石 (shi1: stone radial 112) suggests the meaning while
專 (zhuan1: special; expert; monopolize) provides the sound.
Variant / Semantic:
甎 [砖] zhuan1
簡體 Simplified.
砖. Derived from generic character simplification rule #132 (專 » 专) via usage of grass script form of character.
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
