导 dǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- Made of
- 巳 snake 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
导演
dǎoyǎn
director
Characters in this word
演 yǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 寅 to respect, to revere
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 导演来了。 Dǎoyǎn lái le. The director is here.
- 他是导演。 Tā shì dǎoyǎn. He is a director.
- 导演很忙。 Dǎoyǎn hěn máng. The director is very busy.