突 tū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
突然
tūrán
suddenly
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 突然下雨了。 Tūrán xià yǔ le. It suddenly started raining.
- 他突然来了。 Tā tūrán lái le. He suddenly came.
- 灯突然亮了。 Dēng tūrán liàng le. The light suddenly turned on.