难 nán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
难道
nándào
really? (shows surprise)
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 难道你不去？ Nán dào nǐ bú qù? Are you really not going?
- 难道他生气了？ Nán dào tā shēng qì le? Is he really angry?
- 难道这不对？ Nán dào zhè bú duì? Is this really not right?