英 yīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 央 central
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
英语
Yīngyǔ
English language
Characters in this word
语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我学英语。 Wǒ xué Yīngyǔ. I study English.
- 英语老师来了。 Yīngyǔ lǎoshī lái le. The English teacher is here.
- 他会说英语。 Tā huì shuō Yīngyǔ. He can speak English.