布 bù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
布置
bùzhì
to arrange; to assign
Characters in this word
置 zhì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 直 straight, vertical
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 老师布置作业。 Lǎoshī bùzhì zuòyè. The teacher assigns homework.
- 我布置房间。 Wǒ bùzhì fángjiān. I decorate the room.
- 她布置桌子。 Tā bùzhì zhuōzi. She arranges the table.
Related words
- 布 bù cloth; fabric
- 公布 gōngbù to announce; to publish
- 宣布 xuānbù to announce
- 分布 fēnbù to be distributed
- 发布 fābù to publish; to release
- 安置 ānzhì to settle; to arrange
- 设置 shèzhì to set up; settings
- 位置 wèizhi position; place
- 装置 zhuāngzhì device
- 程序 chéngxù program
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 点名 diǎnmíng to take attendance