干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
干活儿
gànhuór
to work
Characters in this word
活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我去干活儿。 Wǒ qù gàn huór. I am going to work.
- 爸爸干活儿。 Bà ba gàn huór. Dad works.
- 今天干活儿。 Jīn tiān gàn huór. We work today.