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大海

dàhǎi

sea; ocean

A boat on ocean waves
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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我想看大海。 Wǒ xiǎng kàn dà hǎi. I want to see the sea.
  • 大海很蓝。 Dà hǎi hěn lán. The sea is very blue.
  • 他们住在大海边。 Tā men zhù zài dà hǎi biān. They live by the sea.

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