冰 bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
冰箱
bīngxiāng
refrigerator
Characters in this word
箱 xiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 相 mutual, reciprocal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 冰箱里有菜。 Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu cài. There are vegetables in the refrigerator.
- 我开冰箱。 Wǒ kāi bīngxiāng. I open the refrigerator.
- 冰箱很新。 Bīngxiāng hěn xīn. The refrigerator is very new.