现 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
现象
xiànxiàng
phenomenon
Characters in this word
象 xiàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 豕 — pig, boar
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 口 mouth 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这种现象很多。 Zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng hěn duō. This kind of phenomenon is common.
- 现象很奇怪。 Xiànxiàng hěn qíguài. The phenomenon is very strange.
- 这是正常现象。 Zhè shì zhèngcháng xiànxiàng. This is a normal phenomenon.
Related words
- 现在 xiànzài now
- 出现 chūxiàn to appear
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 实现 shíxiàn to make real; to achieve
- 表现 biǎoxiàn to perform; to show how one does
- 体现 tǐxiàn to show; to embody
- 现场 xiànchǎng the scene; the site
- 现代 xiàndài modern
- 现金 xiànjīn cash
- 现实 xiànshí reality
- 现有 xiànyǒu existing; currently available
- 现状 xiànzhuàng current situation