气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气候
qìhòu
climate
Characters in this word
候 hòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 矦 target in archery
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里气候好。 Zhèlǐ qìhòu hǎo. The climate here is good.
- 北方气候冷。 Běifāng qìhòu lěng. The climate in the north is cold.
- 气候变化大。 Qìhòu biànhuà dà. The climate changes a lot.