水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水果
shuǐguǒ
fruit
Characters in this word
果 guǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我喜欢吃水果。 Wǒ xǐhuan chī shuǐguǒ. I like eating fruit.
- 妈妈买了水果。 Māma mǎile shuǐguǒ. Mom bought some fruit.
- 你要吃水果吗？ Nǐ yào chī shuǐguǒ ma? Would you like some fruit?