演 yǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 寅 to respect, to revere
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
演出
yǎnchū
performance; show
Characters in this word
出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 演出开始了。 Yǎnchū kāishǐ le. The show has begun.
- 我们看演出。 Wǒmen kàn yǎnchū. We see a show.
- 今晚有演出。 Jīnwǎn yǒu yǎnchū. There is a performance tonight.