票 piào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
票价
piàojià
ticket price
Characters in this word
价 jià
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 票价太贵了。 Piào jià tài guì le. The ticket price is too high.
- 票价是多少？ Piào jià shì duō shǎo? How much is the ticket?
- 我查票价。 Wǒ chá piào jià. I check the ticket price.