节 jié
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
节日
jiérì
holiday; festival
Characters in this word
日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 今天是节日。 Jīntiān shì jiérì. Today is a holiday.
- 节日快乐！ Jiérì kuàilè! Happy holiday!
- 我喜欢节日。 Wǒ xǐhuan jiérì. I like holidays.