春 chūn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
春节
Chūnjié
Spring Festival
Characters in this word
节 jié
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 春节快到了。 Chūnjié kuài dào le. The Spring Festival is coming soon.
- 春节很热闹。 Chūnjié hěn rènao. The Spring Festival is very lively.
- 我爱春节。 Wǒ ài Chūnjié. I love the Spring Festival.