洗 xǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
洗衣机
xǐyījī
washing machine
Characters in this word
衣 yī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 洗衣机坏了。 Xǐ yī jī huài le. The washing machine is broken.
- 我买洗衣机。 Wǒ mǎi xǐ yī jī. I am buying a washing machine.
- 洗衣机很新。 Xǐ yī jī hěn xīn. The washing machine is very new.