请 qǐng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 青 nature's color
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
请假
qǐngjià
to ask for leave
Characters in this word
假 jià
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 叚 false
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他今天请假了。 Tā jīntiān qǐngjià le. He took the day off today.
- 我想请假。 Wǒ xiǎng qǐngjià. I'd like to ask for time off.
- 哥哥明天请假。 Gēge míngtiān qǐngjià. My older brother is taking tomorrow off.