光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
光盘
guāngpán
disc
Characters in this word
盘 pán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 光盘在包里。 Guāngpán zài bāo lǐ. The disc is in the bag.
- 我买光盘。 Wǒ mǎi guāngpán. I buy a disc.
- 这张光盘新。 Zhè zhāng guāngpán xīn. This disc is new.