整 zhěng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 敕 an imperial order or decree 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
整个
zhěnggè
entire; whole
Characters in this word
个 gè
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 整个房间很热。 Zhěnggè fángjiān hěn rè. The whole room is very hot.
- 整个下午下雨。 Zhěnggè xiàwǔ xià yǔ. It rains the whole afternoon.
- 整个家都安静。 Zhěnggè jiā dōu ānjìng. The whole home is quiet.
Related words
- 调整 tiáozhěng to adjust; to change
- 完整 wánzhěng complete; whole
- 整 zhěng whole; exactly
- 整理 zhěnglǐ to tidy up; to arrange
- 整齐 zhěngqí neat; orderly
- 整体 zhěngtǐ whole; overall
- 整天 zhěngtiān all day
- 整整 zhěngzhěng a full amount of
- 个 gè general measure word
- 个子 gèzi height; build
- 个人 gèrén personal
- 个性 gèxìng personality; individuality