帐 zhàng tent
tent; screen; mosquito net; account
怎么记住“帐”: 巾 towel + 长 long = tent. Camping by the lake, Dad hangs a towel over a long branch, and the kids crawl under it, calling it their tent.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
帐 = 巾 towel + 长 long
- 巾 towel meaning
- 长 long sound
Camping by the lake, Dad hangs a towel over a long branch, and the kids crawl under it, calling it their tent.
How it came to be
The cloth gives the meaning and the part for long gives the sound.
用法
- Two threads: cloth hangings: 帐篷 (zhàngpeng) tent, 蚊帐 (wénzhàng) mosquito net; and accounts: 帐 (=账) 记帐 (jìzhàng) keep the books.
- The money sense is now usually written 账. 算帐/算账 (suànzhàng) = to settle accounts, also 'to get even'.