上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上课
shàngkè
to attend class, to start class
Characters in this word
课 kè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们八点上课。 Wǒmen bā diǎn shàngkè. Our class starts at eight.
- 老师在上课。 Lǎoshī zài shàngkè. The teacher is teaching a class.
- 今天不上课。 Jīntiān bú shàngkè. There are no classes today.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online