选 xuǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
选手
xuǎnshǒu
contestant
Characters in this word
手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 选手准备好了。 Xuǎn shǒu zhǔn bèi hǎo le. The contestant is ready.
- 那位选手很强。 Nà wèi xuǎn shǒu hěn qiáng. That contestant is very strong.
- 选手正在跑步。 Xuǎn shǒu zhèng zài pǎo bù. The contestant is running.