饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饭店
fàndiàn
restaurant
Characters in this word
店 diàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 占 to divine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 饭店在这儿。 Fàndiàn zài zhèr. The restaurant is here.
- 我们去饭店吃饭。 Wǒmen qù fàndiàn chīfàn. We're going to a restaurant to eat.
- 这个饭店很大。 Zhège fàndiàn hěn dà. This restaurant is very big.