背 bēi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 北 north ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
背景
bèijǐng
background
Characters in this word
景 jǐng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 背景很美。 Bèijǐng hěn měi. The background is beautiful.
- 换个背景。 Huàn ge bèijǐng. Change the background.
- 照片背景亮。 Zhàopiàn bèijǐng liàng. The photo background is bright.