厦 shà large building
large building; mansion
怎么记住“厦”: 厂 factory + 夏 summer = large building. Standing under a glass factory on their summer trip, the village kids stare up at their very first large building.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 广 + 夏
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
厦 = 厂 factory + 夏 summer
- 厂 factory shape only
- 夏 summer meaning + sound
Standing under a glass factory on their summer trip, the village kids stare up at their very first large building.
How it came to be
A building sign gives the meaning, and the part under it gives the sound and the idea of great.
用法
- Polyphone: shà "large building, mansion" in ordinary compounds like 大厦 dàshà "skyscraper, tall building" (used in names like 帝国大厦 Dìguó Dàshà, "Empire State Building"); xià only in the city name 厦门 Xiàmén "Xiamen".
- 大厦 is the everyday word for a big office or commercial building, not homes.