绿 lǜ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 录 to copy, to record, to write down
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绿茶
lǜchá
green tea
Characters in this word
茶 chá
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我喝绿茶。 Wǒ hē lǜchá. I drink green tea.
- 绿茶很好喝。 Lǜchá hěn hǎo hē. Green tea tastes very good.
- 请给我绿茶。 Qǐng gěi wǒ lǜchá. Please give me green tea.