没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
没事儿
méishìr
it's nothing, never mind
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- 丿 slash 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 没事儿，我很好。 Méi shìr, wǒ hěn hǎo. I'm fine, really.
- 没事儿，你休息吧。 Méishìr, nǐ xiūxi ba. It's okay, you rest.
- 真的没事儿。 Zhēn de méishìr. It's really nothing.