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海关

hǎiguān

customs

A customs officer checking a suitcase
Memory picture

Characters in this word

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

关 guān

Strokes
6
Radical
丷 — horns
Made of
丷 horns 天 sky, heaven

Example phrases

  • 我在海关等你。 Wǒ zài hǎiguān děng nǐ. I am waiting for you at customs.
  • 海关人很多。 Hǎiguān rén hěn duō. There are many people at customs.
  • 他过了海关。 Tā guò le hǎiguān. He went through customs.

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