豆 dòu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 豆 — beans, peas
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
豆腐
dòufu
tofu
Characters in this word
腐 fǔ
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 肉 — meat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 豆腐很好吃。 Dòufu hěn hǎochī. The tofu is very tasty.
- 我买豆腐。 Wǒ mǎi dòufu. I am buying tofu.
- 豆腐在桌上。 Dòufu zài zhuō shàng. The tofu is on the table.