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
电视机
diànshìjī
TV set
Characters in this word
视 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 几 small table
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我家的电视机很大。 Wǒ jiā de diànshìjī hěn dà. The TV at my home is big.
- 这个电视机很新。 Zhège diànshìjī hěn xīn. This TV set is new.
- 我们家没有电视机。 Wǒmen jiā méi yǒu diànshìjī. We don't have a TV at home.