速 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
速度
sùdù
speed
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 速度很快。 Sùdù hěn kuài. The speed is very fast.
- 速度太慢。 Sùdù tài màn. The speed is too slow.
- 请放慢速度。 Qǐng fàng màn sùdù. Please slow down.