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Chinese symbol for “trellis”

棚架
péng jià
trellis; scaffolding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trellis is 棚架 (péng jià), defined as: trellis; scaffolding.

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Characters and stroke order

棚 péng
shack, shed; tent, awning
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
架 jià
frame, rack, stand; to prop up
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 棚架.

WordPinyinMeaning
摄影棚 (攝影棚)shè yǐng péngfilm studio; television studio
大棚dà pénggreenhouse; polytunnel
棚户区 (棚戶區)péng hù qūshantytown
棚子péng zishack; shed
爆棚bào péngfull to bursting
顶棚 (頂棚)dǐng péngceiling; awning (under ceiling)
绑架 (綁架)bǎng jiàto kidnap; to abduct
框架kuàng jià(construction) frame; (fig.) framework

See also: Japanese symbol for “trellis”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.