干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
干净
gānjìng
clean
Characters in this word
净 jìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 争 to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 房间很干净。 Fángjiān hěn gānjìng. The room is very clean.
- 他的衣服很干净。 Tā de yīfu hěn gānjìng. His clothes are very clean.
- 这里很干净。 Zhèlǐ hěn gānjìng. It's very clean here.
- 桌子干净吗？ Zhuōzi gānjìng ma? Is the table clean?
- 水果洗干净了。 Shuǐguǒ xǐ gānjìng le. The fruit has been washed clean.
- 那个地方不干净。 Nàge dìfang bù gānjìng. That place is not clean.
- 你的手干净吗？ Nǐ de shǒu gānjìng ma? Are your hands clean?
- 谁的本子很干净？ Shéi de běnzi hěn gānjìng? Whose notebook is clean?
- 学校里边真干净。 Xuéxiào lǐbian zhēn gānjìng. It is really clean inside the school.
- 我穿干净衣服。 Wǒ chuān gānjìng yīfu. I wear clean clothes.