机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 几 small table
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
机场
jīchǎng
airport
Characters in this word
场 chǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 机场里的人很多。 Jīchǎng lǐ de rén hěn duō. There are lots of people at the airport.
- 机场很大。 Jīchǎng hěn dà. The airport is very big.
- 我在机场等飞机。 Wǒ zài jīchǎng děng fēijī. I'm waiting for my plane at the airport.