意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
意思
yìsi
meaning
Characters in this word
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 心 heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是什么意思？ Zhè shì shénme yìsi? What does this mean?
- 我懂意思了。 Wǒ dǒng yìsi le. I understand the meaning now.
- 有点意思。 Yǒu diǎn yìsi. It is a little interesting.