公 gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- Made of
- 八 eight 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
公园
gōngyuán
park
Characters in this word
园 yuán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公园很近。 Gōngyuán hěn jìn. The park is very close.
- 我去公园。 Wǒ qù gōngyuán. I am going to the park.
- 公园有花。 Gōngyuán yǒu huā. There are flowers in the park.