穿 chuān
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 牙 tooth, molar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
穿上
chuānshang
to put on
Characters in this word
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 快穿上外套。 Kuài chuān shang wài tào. Put on your coat quickly.
- 我穿上鞋。 Wǒ chuān shang xié. I put on my shoes.
- 她穿上裙子。 Tā chuān shang qún zi. She puts on a skirt.
Related words
- 穿 chuān to wear, to put on (clothes)
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time