可 kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 丁 nail 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
可怕
kěpà
scary
Characters in this word
怕 pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这事很可怕。 Zhè shì hěn kěpà. This thing is very scary.
- 夜里很可怕。 Yèlǐ hěn kěpà. Nighttime is very scary.
- 我觉得可怕。 Wǒ juéde kěpà. I think it is scary.