应 yīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
应该
yīnggāi
should; ought to
Characters in this word
该 gāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你应该休息。 Nǐ yīnggāi xiūxi. You should rest.
- 我应该走了。 Wǒ yīnggāi zǒu le. I need to leave now.
- 应该没问题。 Yīnggāi méi wèntí. It should be fine.