数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
数学
shùxué
mathematics, maths
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我最喜欢数学课。 Wǒ zuì xǐhuan shùxué kè. Maths is my favourite class.
- 她的数学很好。 Tā de shùxué hěn hǎo. She's good at maths.
- 明天有数学考试。 Míngtiān yǒu shùxué kǎoshì. There's a maths test tomorrow.