怎 zěn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怎样
zěnyàng
how
Characters in this word
样 yàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你想怎样？ Nǐ xiǎng zěnyàng? How do you want it?
- 该怎样做？ Gāi zěnyàng zuò? How should we do it?
- 你要怎样？ Nǐ yào zěnyàng? What do you want?