假 jià
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 叚 false
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
假期
jiàqī
vacation; holiday break
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 假期快到了。 Jiàqī kuài dào le. Vacation is coming soon.
- 我喜欢假期。 Wǒ xǐhuan jiàqī. I like vacations.
- 假期去海边。 Jiàqī qù hǎibiān. We go to the seaside on vacation.