节 jié
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
节约
jiéyuē
to save; to use sparingly
Characters in this word
约 yuē
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 勺 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们节约水。 Wǒmen jiéyuē shuǐ. We save water.
- 请节约用电。 Qǐng jiéyuē yòngdiàn. Please save electricity.
- 他很节约。 Tā hěn jiéyuē. He is very thrifty.