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地球

dìqiú

Earth

A globe with land patches
Memory picture

Characters in this word

地 de

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

球 qiú

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 求 to seek
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 地球很大。 Dìqiú hěn dà. Earth is very big.
  • 我们爱地球。 Wǒmen ài dìqiú. We love Earth.
  • 地球是家。 Dìqiú shì jiā. Earth is home.

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