不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不满
bùmǎn
unhappy; dissatisfied
Characters in this word
满 mǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他很不满。 Tā hěn bùmǎn. He is very dissatisfied.
- 我对他不满。 Wǒ duì tā bùmǎn. I am unhappy with him.
- 大家都不满。 Dàjiā dōu bùmǎn. Everyone is dissatisfied.