可 kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 丁 nail 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
可乐
kělè
cola
Characters in this word
乐 lè
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我想喝可乐。 Wǒ xiǎng hē kě lè. I want to drink cola.
- 可乐太甜了。 Kě lè tài tián le. Cola is too sweet.
- 给我一瓶可乐。 Gěi wǒ yì píng kě lè. Give me a bottle of cola.