种 zhǒng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 中 central
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
种子
zhǒngzi
seed
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 种子在土里。 Zhǒngzi zài tǔ lǐ. The seeds are in the soil.
- 我买了种子。 Wǒ mǎi le zhǒngzi. I bought seeds.
- 种子发芽了。 Zhǒngzi fāyá le. The seeds have sprouted.