改 gǎi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 己 self, oneself 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
改造
gǎizào
to rebuild; to transform
Characters in this word
造 zào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 改造老房。 Gǎizào lǎo fáng. Rebuild the old house.
- 学校要改造。 Xuéxiào yào gǎizào. The school will be rebuilt.
- 改造厨房吧。 Gǎizào chúfáng ba. Let us redo the kitchen.