樁

zhuāng

stake, post; affair, matter

How to write 樁, stroke by stroke

stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 舂

Made of 木 + 舂

木樁mù zhuāngwooden pile; stake
樹樁shù zhuāngtree stump
小事一樁xiǎo shì yī zhuāngtrivial matter; a piece of cake
基樁jī zhuāngfoundation piles
打樁dǎ zhuāngto drive piles into
打樁機dǎ zhuāng jīpile driver (machinery)
暗樁àn zhuāngsubmerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy
板樁bǎn zhuāngsheet pile
樁腳zhuāng jiǎopier foundation (architecture); (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
標樁biāo zhuāng(marking) stake
界樁jiè zhuāngboundary marker; boundary post; boundary pillar
綁樁bǎng zhuāng(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)

毫無疑問，我們正在調查一樁命案。
háo wú yí wèn ， wǒ men zhèng zài diào chá yì zhuāng mìng àn 。
Make no mistake, we're looking at a homicide case.
私家偵探們受僱調查這樁奇怪的案件。
sī jiā zhēn tàn men shòu gù diào chá zhè zhuāng qí guài de àn jiàn 。
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.