参 cān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 厶 — private, secret
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
参观
cānguān
to visit and look around
Characters in this word
观 guān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们参观学校。 Wǒmen cānguān xuéxiào. We visit the school.
- 明天参观博物馆。 Míngtiān cānguān bówùguǎn. Tomorrow we visit the museum.
- 他想参观北京。 Tā xiǎng cānguān Běijīng. He wants to visit Beijing.