典 diǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
典型
diǎnxíng
typical
Characters in this word
型 xíng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 刑 punishment, penalty 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他很典型。 Tā hěn diǎnxíng. He is very typical.
- 这是典型例子。 Zhè shì diǎnxíng lìzi. This is a typical example.
- 这个病很典型。 Zhège bìng hěn diǎnxíng. This illness is very typical.