顺 shùn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- Made of
- 川 stream, river 页 page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
顺利
shùnlì
smooth; successful
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 考试很顺利。 Kǎoshì hěn shùnlì. The exam went well.
- 一路都顺利。 Yílù dōu shùnlì. The whole trip went smoothly.
- 工作顺利吗？ Gōngzuò shùnlì ma? Is work going smoothly?