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早饭

zǎofàn

breakfast

breakfast
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Characters in this word

早 zǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

  • 早饭很好吃。 Zǎofàn hěn hǎochī. Breakfast is delicious.
  • 我吃早饭了。 Wǒ chī zǎofàn le. I've had breakfast.
  • 爸爸在做早饭。 Bàba zài zuò zǎofàn. Dad is making breakfast.

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