牌 pái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- Made of
- 片 slice, splinter 卑 humble, low, inferior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
牌子
páizi
sign
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这个牌子大。 Zhè ge pái zi dà. This sign is big.
- 牌子在门口。 Pái zi zài mén kǒu. The sign is at the entrance.
- 我看见牌子。 Wǒ kàn jiàn pái zi. I see the sign.