年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
年底
niándǐ
end of the year
Characters in this word
底 dǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 年底我回家。 Nián dǐ wǒ huí jiā. I go home at the end of the year.
- 年底大家很忙。 Nián dǐ dà jiā hěn máng. Everyone is very busy at the end of the year.
- 他年底结婚。 Tā nián dǐ jié hūn. He gets married at the end of the year.