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Victoria Oury
Victoria Oury
5 years ago

The character (木) looks like a shelf on which there are two smaller characters (力,口)

Isa Cuellar
Isa Cuellar
5 years ago

The lower part of the character is the wood radical because a lot of the time bookshelves are made of wood. The two upper parts look like a book, and a decoration sitting on the wooden shelf.

Nicole Cheah
Nicole Cheah
4 years ago

the two characters, 力,口, on the top look as if they are sitting on the character, 木, like a shelf

Mahrukh Shaikh
Mahrukh Shaikh
3 years ago

it looks like a shelf with the wood radical 木 holding things (架)

Sherab Ghale
Sherab Ghale
3 years ago

it is a “shelf” made up of ‘wood’.

Namuunaa Khishigjargal
Namuunaa Khishigjargal
2 years ago

Most bookshelves are made of wood, and it is strong enough to hold things sitting on it. The upper right hand side of this character, 口, has similar shape to books even though the meaning is different.

Nomun Altan-Ochir
Nomun Altan-Ochir
2 years ago

The “木” radical at the bottom indicates that the character relates to wood or trees, while the top side “加” (jiā) could represent adding pieces to build a complete structure.

amira
amira
2 years ago

The character looks like a shelf that is supporting the two characters above.

Silu
Silu
2 years ago

looks like two items 力 and 口 sitting on top of wood 木 radical

Arial Lee
Arial Lee
2 years ago

The wood radical at the bottom looks like its holding up the other two radicals on the top part. Also, the pinyin Jia4 has the same pronunciation as 家 which means house so a SHELF is a HOUSE for the books or other things

柯舒悦
柯舒悦
2 years ago

the character sort of resembles its meaning, because it has cabinets that you can keep your stuff and things in. Moreover, the wood radical helps me sort of relate it to wooden shelves.

Munkh-Erdene Altanbaatar
Munkh-Erdene Altanbaatar
2 years ago

The two radicals look like books on top of a bookshelf made out of wood.

AJ Noble
AJ Noble
2 years ago

This has the wood radical with things on top of it, which is like a shelf because you also put things on top of it.

Michaella Blemur
Michaella Blemur
1 year ago

The character meaning “to add” (加) is at the top of this character, and below it is the wood character. You can think of “adding wood” to make a ‘shelf’.

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NYU New York
egi
egi
1 year ago

the upper two radicals look like items on the wooden shelf

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NYU Shanghai
Hanin
Hanin
1 year ago

The character has the radical(木)wood which is what bookshelves are made of. The character also sounds like home (jia 家), which is usually where you find bookshelves.

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NYU Abu Dhabi
Nomu
Nomu
5 months ago

most shelves are made of wood so the part on the bottom looks like tree and means wood. the parts on the top looks like squares like books

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NYU Shanghai
Brenna
Brenna
12 days ago

You need power and your need to say things from your mouth to help each other carry a wooden SHELF.

Bindy
Bindy
9 days ago

looks like you put the and a box on a wooden SHELF

Nyala Tolfree
Nyala Tolfree
9 days ago

The radical of wood (Which mist book shelves are made of) looks like it had two objects sitting on it like a book shelf would have

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NYU Shanghai
masha
masha
7 days ago

There is a wood radical on the bottom and a square on top right looking like a book, so a shelf for books

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NYU Shanghai