危 wēi
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 㔾 — seal
- Made of
- 厃 to look upward 㔾 seal
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
危险
wēixiǎn
dangerous
Characters in this word
险 xiǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 佥 all, together, unanimous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里很危险。 Zhèlǐ hěn wēixiǎn. It is very dangerous here.
- 开快车危险。 Kāi kuài chē wēixiǎn. Driving fast is dangerous.
- 危险，别过去。 Wēixiǎn, bié guòqù. Danger, do not go there.
Related words
- 危害 wēihài to harm; harm
- 保险 bǎoxiǎn insurance; safe
- 风险 fēngxiǎn risk
- 事故 shìgù accident
- 浪费 làngfèi to waste
- 意外 yìwài accident; unexpected event
- 缺点 quēdiǎn weak point; flaw
- 架 jià to fight; a measure word for airplanes
- 缺少 quēshǎo to lack; to be short of
- 救 jiù to save; to rescue
- 缺 quē to lack; to be short of
- 紧急 jǐnjí urgent