绿 lǜ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 录 to copy, to record, to write down
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绿色
lǜsè
green color
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我喜欢绿色。 Wǒ xǐhuan lǜsè. I like the color green.
- 绿色很好看。 Lǜsè hěn hǎokàn. Green looks very nice.
- 我要绿色的。 Wǒ yào lǜsè de. I want the green one.