遮 zhē to cover
to cover; to protect; to shield; to cover up; to hide; to conceal
怎么记住“遮”: 辶 walking + 广 broad + 廿 twenty + 灬 fire = to cover. Caught in a storm while walking, twenty hikers crowd under a broad wooden shelter and hold their jackets over the fire to cover it from the rain.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
遮 = 辶 walking + 庶 numerous
- 辶 walking meaning
- 庶 numerous sound
- 广 broad
- 廿 twenty
- 灬 fire
Caught in a storm while walking, twenty hikers crowd under a broad wooden shelter and hold their jackets over the fire to cover it from the rain.
How it came to be
Walking gives the meaning and the sign for many the sound.
用法
- 'To cover/block/shield (from view or from sun/rain)': 遮住 (zhēzhù) to block, 遮阳 (zhēyáng) to shade from sun, 遮盖 (zhēgài) to cover up.
- 遮 blocks the line of sight or a ray; contrast 盖 (gài, to cover over the top) and 挡 (dǎng, to obstruct/fend off). 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhē-yǎnyǎn) means to hide furtively.
- 一手遮天 (yìshǒu-zhētiān): to hide the sky with one hand, to conceal the truth by abusing power.