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
地图
dìtú
map
Characters in this word
图 tú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我有一张地图。 Wǒ yǒu yì zhāng dìtú. I have a map.
- 地图在桌子上。 Dìtú zài zhuōzi shang. The map is on the table.
- 这个地图很大。 Zhège dìtú hěn dà. This map is very big.
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
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 图书馆 túshūguǎn library
- 走 zǒu to walk, to go
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)
- 走路 zǒulù to walk, to go on foot
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 跑 pǎo to run
- 路上 lùshang on the way