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
地上
dìshang
on the ground, on the floor
Characters in this word
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 书在地上。 Shū zài dìshang. The book is on the floor.
- 猫在地上睡觉。 Māo zài dìshang shuìjiào. The cat is sleeping on the floor.
- 我的衣服在地上。 Wǒ de yīfu zài dìshang. My clothes are on the floor.
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地图 dìtú map
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work