市 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
市场
shìchǎng
market
Characters in this word
场 chǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 市场很热闹。 Shìchǎng hěn rènao. The market is very lively.
- 我去市场买菜。 Wǒ qù shìchǎng mǎi cài. I go to the market to buy vegetables.
- 市场在前面。 Shìchǎng zài qiánmiàn. The market is ahead.