照 zhào
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 昭 bright, luminous 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
照片
zhàopiàn
photo
Characters in this word
片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 照片很好看。 Zhàopiàn hěn hǎokàn. The photo looks very nice.
- 我看照片。 Wǒ kàn zhàopiàn. I look at photos.
- 照片在桌上。 Zhàopiàn zài zhuō shàng. The photo is on the table.
Related words
- 护照 hùzhào passport
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 照相 zhàoxiàng to take a photo
- 按照 ànzhào according to
- 照 zhào to shine on; to take a photo
- 拍照 pāizhào to take photos
- 驾照 jiàzhào driver's license
- 依照 yīzhào according to
- 片 piàn a slice; a measure word for thin flat pieces
- 图片 túpiàn picture
- 药片 yàopiàn pill; tablet
- 影片 yǐngpiàn film; movie