1. Home
  2. HSK 4
  3. Research and evidence

测

cè

to measure

A person measuring water depth
Memory picture

Character

测 cè

Strokes
9
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我测水温。 Wǒ cè shuǐwēn. I measure the water temperature.
  • 老师测身高。 Lǎoshī cè shēngāo. The teacher measures height.
  • 请测一下。 Qǐng cè yíxià. Please measure it.

Related words

All HSK 4 words →