空 kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
空调
kōngtiáo
air conditioner
Characters in this word
调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我开空调。 Wǒ kāi kōngtiáo. I turn on the air conditioner.
- 请关空调。 Qǐng guān kōngtiáo. Please turn off the air conditioner.
- 空调很冷。 Kōngtiáo hěn lěng. The air conditioner is very cold.