地 de
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 也 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
地方
dìfang
place
Characters in this word
方 fāng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- Made of
- 丶 dot 万 ten thousand
Example phrases
- 这个地方很大。 Zhège dìfang hěn dà. This place is big.
- 我想去一个好地方。 Wǒ xiǎng qù yí gè hǎo dìfang. I want to go somewhere nice.
- 这里不是吃饭的地方。 Zhèli bú shì chīfàn de dìfang. This isn't a place for eating.
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 商场 shāngchǎng shopping mall
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 商店 shāngdiàn shop, store
- 国 guó country, state
- 书店 shūdiàn bookstore