该 gāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
该
gāi
should; time to
Character
Example phrases
- 该睡觉了。 Gāi shuì jiào le. It is time to sleep.
- 你该回家。 Nǐ gāi huí jiā. You should go home.
- 我该走了。 Wǒ gāi zǒu le. I should go now.