计 jì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
计算机
jìsuànjī
computer
Characters in this word
算 suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我用计算机。 Wǒ yòng jìsuànjī. I use a computer.
- 计算机很新。 Jìsuànjī hěn xīn. The computer is very new.
- 他买计算机。 Tā mǎi jìsuànjī. He buys a computer.