空 kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
空气
kōngqì
air
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 空气很好。 Kōngqì hěn hǎo. The air is very good.
- 空气不太好。 Kōngqì bú tài hǎo. The air is not very good.
- 这里空气好。 Zhèlǐ kōngqì hǎo. The air here is good.