凳 dèng bench
bench; stool
怎么记住“凳”: 登 to rise + 几 how many = bench. Too tired to rise when the late bus finally comes, the grannies count how many of them still fit squeezed together on the narrow bench.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
凳 = 登 to rise + 几 how many
- 登 to rise sound
- 癶 splayed feet
- 豆 bean
- 几 how many meaning
Too tired to rise when the late bus finally comes, the grannies count how many of them still fit squeezed together on the narrow bench.
How it came to be
The small table gives the meaning and the top part gives the sound.
用法
- A stool or backless bench: 凳子 (dèngzi) stool, 板凳 (bǎndèng) a wooden bench.
- Contrast 椅子 (yǐzi), a chair with a back; 凳 has no backrest.
- 坐冷板凳 (zuò lěng bǎndèng) = to be left out in the cold / sidelined.