京 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
京剧
jīngjù
Beijing opera
Characters in this word
剧 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 居 to live, to reside 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我爱京剧。 Wǒ ài jīngjù. I love Beijing opera.
- 京剧很好听。 Jīngjù hěn hǎotīng. Beijing opera sounds very nice.
- 他学京剧。 Tā xué jīngjù. He studies Beijing opera.