互 hù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
互联网
hùliánwǎng
the internet
Characters in this word
联 lián
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
网 wǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 网 — net
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 互联网很快。 Hùliánwǎng hěn kuài. The internet is very fast.
- 我用互联网。 Wǒ yòng hùliánwǎng. I use the internet.
- 互联网有用。 Hùliánwǎng yǒuyòng. The internet is useful.
Related words
- 互相 hùxiāng each other
- 相互 xiānghù each other; mutually
- 联合 liánhé to unite; to join together
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations
- 联系 liánxì to contact; connection
- 联络 liánluò to keep in touch; to contact
- 联想 liánxiǎng to associate with; association
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online
- 网上 wǎngshang online
- 网友 wǎngyǒu online friend, internet user
- 网 wǎng net; internet
- 网球 wǎngqiú tennis