晚 wǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 免 to spare, to excuse from
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
晚饭
wǎnfàn
dinner, supper
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们一起吃晚饭吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ chī wǎnfàn ba. Let's have dinner together.
- 晚饭很好吃。 Wǎnfàn hěn hǎochī. Dinner is delicious.
- 你吃晚饭了吗？ Nǐ chī wǎnfàn le ma? Have you had dinner?