试 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 式 formula, pattern, rule, style, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
试验
shìyàn
experiment
Characters in this word
验 yàn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- Made of
- 马 horse 佥 all, together, unanimous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们做试验。 Wǒmen zuò shìyàn. We do an experiment.
- 这个试验安全。 Zhège shìyàn ānquán. This experiment is safe.
- 试验开始了。 Shìyàn kāishǐ le. The experiment has started.