被 bèi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 皮 skin, hide, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
被子
bèizi
quilt; blanket
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 被子很暖和。 Bèi zi hěn nuǎn huo. The quilt is very warm.
- 我洗被子。 Wǒ xǐ bèi zi. I wash the quilt.
- 被子在床上。 Bèi zi zài chuáng shàng. The quilt is on the bed.