凉 liáng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凉水
liángshuǐ
cold water
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我喝凉水。 Wǒ hē liángshuǐ. I drink cold water.
- 凉水很解渴。 Liángshuǐ hěn jiěkě. Cold water really helps thirst.
- 别喝凉水。 Bié hē liángshuǐ. Do not drink cold water.