我 wǒ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 扌 hand 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
我们
wǒmen
we, us
Characters in this word
们 men
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 门 gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们都是学生。 Wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng. We are all students.
- 我们回家吧。 Wǒmen huí jiā ba. Let's go home.
- 他是我们的老师。 Tā shì wǒmen de lǎoshī. He is our teacher.