潮 cháo
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 朝 to face
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
潮湿
cháoshī
damp
Characters in this word
湿 shī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 显 clear, evident
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 房间很潮湿。 Fángjiān hěn cháoshī. The room is very damp.
- 衣服还潮湿。 Yīfu hái cháoshī. The clothes are still damp.
- 这里不潮湿。 Zhèlǐ bù cháoshī. It is not damp here.