朝 cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 龺 sunlight 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
朝
cháo
toward
Character
Example phrases
- 门朝南开。 Mén cháo nán kāi. The door opens toward the south.
- 他朝我笑。 Tā cháo wǒ xiào. He smiles at me.
- 窗户朝东。 Chuānghu cháo dōng. The window faces east.
Related words
- 接近 jiējìn to be close to; to approach
- 面对 miànduì to face
- 围 wéi to surround
- 内 nèi inside; within
- 升 shēng to rise
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 退 tuì to step back; to return
- 眼前 yǎnqián before one's eyes
- 退出 tuìchū to leave; to withdraw
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 北部 běibù northern part; the north
- 周围 zhōuwéi around; surroundings