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信号

xìnhào

signal

A signal lamp sending a beam
Memory picture

Characters in this word

信 xìn

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 言 words, speech

号 hào

Strokes
5
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 丂 breath
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 手机没信号。 Shǒujī méi xìnhào. The phone has no signal.
  • 这里信号好。 Zhèlǐ xìnhào hǎo. The signal is good here.
  • 信号很弱。 Xìnhào hěn ruò. The signal is very weak.

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