架

jià

rack, stand, prop; prop up

How to write 架, stroke by stroke

to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 加

Made of 加 + 木

绑架bǎng jiàto kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking
打架dǎ jiàto fight; to scuffle; to come to blows
吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; to have a row; quarrel
十字架shí zì jiàcross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
架子jià zishelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
担架dān jiàstretcher; litter; bier
框架kuàng jià(construction) frame; (fig.) framework
骨架gǔ jiàframework; skeleton
支架zhī jiàtrestle; support; stand; frame; (medicine) stent; to prop up; to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
起落架qǐ luò jià(aviation) landing gear; undercarriage
衣架yī jiàclothes hanger; clothes rack
书架shū jiàbookshelf

请把书放在架子上。
qǐng bǎ shū fàng zài jià zi shàng 。
Please put the book on the shelf.
讨论最后变成了打架。
tǎo lùn zuì hòu biàn chéng le dǎ jià 。
The argument ended in a fight.
那些人一见面就吵架。
nà xiē rén yí jiàn miàn jiù chǎo jià 。
Whenever they meet, they quarrel.
我被外星人绑架了。
wǒ bèi wài xīng rén bǎng jià le 。
I was abducted by aliens.
那架飞机五点起飞。
nà jià fēi jī wǔ diǎn qǐ fēi 。
That plane will take off at five.