离 lí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
离婚
líhūn
to divorce
Characters in this word
婚 hūn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 昏 dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们离婚了。 Tāmen líhūn le. They got divorced.
- 她想离婚。 Tā xiǎng líhūn. She wants to get divorced.
- 离婚后她忙。 Líhūn hòu tā máng. After the divorce, she is busy.