人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
人数
rénshù
number of people
Characters in this word
数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 人数太多了。 Rénshù tài duō le. There are too many people.
- 人数不够。 Rénshù bù gòu. There are not enough people.
- 班里人数少。 Bān lǐ rénshù shǎo. There are few people in the class.