廛
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Meaning: market place
💡 Think of 'chan' as 'chance' to trade in a market sheltered under a roof (广).
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Character Story & Explanation
In a bustling Hangzhou morning market, vendors call out under canvas stalls—this is a 廛 (chán), an ancient term for a marketplace or a shop. The radical 广 (shelter) plus 里 (village) suggests a covered trading area. Today, 廛 is rare in daily speech, found mainly in historical texts or literary references to traditional bazaars, evoking a vivid image of commercial activity in old China.
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