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大自然

dàzìrán

nature

A tree beside a hill
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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

自 zì

Strokes
6
Radical
自 — self
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

然 rán

Strokes
12
Radical
灬 — fire
Made of
肰 dog meat 灬 fire
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 然

Example phrases

  • 我爱大自然。 Wǒ ài dà zì rán. I love nature.
  • 大自然很美。 Dà zì rán hěn měi. Nature is very beautiful.
  • 孩子亲近大自然。 Hái zi qīn jìn dà zì rán. Children get close to nature.

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