值 zhí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 直 straight, vertical
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
值得
zhíde
worth
Characters in this word
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这书值得买。 Zhè shū zhíde mǎi. This book is worth buying.
- 这里值得去。 Zhèlǐ zhíde qù. This place is worth visiting.
- 他值得信任。 Tā zhíde xìnrèn. He is worth trusting.
Related words
- 价值 jiàzhí value; to be worth
- 值 zhí to be worth
- 值班 zhíbān to be on duty
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 记得 jìde to remember
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 得 dé to get; to receive
- 得出 déchū to reach a conclusion
- 得 de so; to the extent (after a verb)
- 懂得 dǒngde to understand; to know about
- 取得 qǔdé to achieve; to obtain
- 不得不 bùdébù to have to