词 cí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 司 to take charge of, to control, to manage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
词典
cídiǎn
dictionary
Characters in this word
典 diǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 词典在桌上。 Cídiǎn zài zhuō shàng. The dictionary is on the table.
- 我买词典。 Wǒ mǎi cídiǎn. I buy a dictionary.
- 请用词典。 Qǐng yòng cídiǎn. Please use a dictionary.