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
电话
diànhuà
telephone; phone call
Characters in this word
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
- 我的电话在哪儿？ Wǒ de diànhuà zài nǎr? Where is my phone?
- 我有你的电话。 Wǒ yǒu nǐ de diànhuà. I have your phone number.
- 电话在桌子上。 Diànhuà zài zhuōzi shang. The phone is on the table.