单 dān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
单调
dāndiào
boring; monotonous
Characters in this word
调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 工作很单调。 Gōngzuò hěn dāndiào. The work is very monotonous.
- 这课太单调。 Zhè kè tài dāndiào. This class is too boring.
- 日子很单调。 Rìzi hěn dāndiào. Life is very monotonous.