打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 male adult
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打电话
dǎdiànhuà
to make a phone call
Characters in this word
电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- Made of
- 曰 to speak 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 妈妈在打电话。 Māma zài dǎ diànhuà. Mom is on the phone.
- 我给你打电话。 Wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. I'll call you.
- 我想给爸爸打电话。 Wǒ xiǎng gěi bàba dǎ diànhuà. I want to call Dad.
Related words
- 打 dǎ to hit; to play (a ball game); to make (a call)
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 话 huà speech, words