自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自行车
zìxíngchē
bicycle
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我骑自行车。 Wǒ qí zì xíng chē. I ride a bicycle.
- 自行车很新。 Zì xíng chē hěn xīn. The bicycle is very new.
- 他买自行车。 Tā mǎi zì xíng chē. He buys a bicycle.