马 mǎ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
马路
mǎlù
street, road
Characters in this word
路 lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 各 individual
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 过马路要小心。 Guò mǎlù yào xiǎoxīn. Be careful when crossing the street.
- 马路上有很多车。 Mǎlù shang yǒu hěn duō chē. There are lots of cars on the street.
- 这条马路很长。 Zhè tiáo mǎlù hěn cháng. This street is very long.