唱 chàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 昌 sunlight
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
唱歌
chànggē
to sing a song
Characters in this word
歌 gē
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- 哥 elder brother 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她很喜欢唱歌。 Tā hěn xǐhuan chànggē. She really likes singing.
- 我们一起唱歌吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ chànggē ba. Let's sing a song together.
- 你会唱歌吗？ Nǐ huì chànggē ma? Can you sing?