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冬天

dōngtiān

winter

A bundled person in snow
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Characters in this word

冬 dōng

Strokes
5
Radical
⺀ — ice
Made of
夂 to go ⺀ ice
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 冬

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 冬天很冷。 Dōngtiān hěn lěng. Winter is very cold.
  • 我喜欢冬天。 Wǒ xǐhuan dōngtiān. I like winter.
  • 冬天会下雪。 Dōngtiān huì xià xuě. It can snow in winter.

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