篮 lán
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 监 to supervise, to direct, to control
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
篮球
lánqiú
basketball
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 我打篮球。 Wǒ dǎ lánqiú. I play basketball.
- 他爱篮球。 Tā ài lánqiú. He loves basketball.
- 篮球在那儿。 Lánqiú zài nàr. The basketball is over there.