红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
红酒
hóngjiǔ
red wine
Characters in this word
酒 jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 氵 water 酉 wine
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他买了红酒。 Tā mǎi le hóngjiǔ. He bought red wine.
- 红酒不太甜。 Hóngjiǔ bù tài tián. Red wine is not very sweet.
- 我不喝红酒。 Wǒ bù hē hóngjiǔ. I do not drink red wine.