护 hù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 户 door
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
护照
hùzhào
passport
Characters in this word
照 zhào
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 昭 bright, luminous 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我的护照在包里。 Wǒ de hùzhào zài bāo lǐ. My passport is in the bag.
- 护照不见了。 Hùzhào bú jiàn le. The passport is missing.
- 请带护照来。 Qǐng dài hùzhào lái. Please bring your passport.