海 hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 每 each, every
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
海水
hǎishuǐ
seawater
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 海水很蓝。 Hǎi shuǐ hěn lán. The seawater is very blue.
- 我爱海水。 Wǒ ài hǎi shuǐ. I love seawater.
- 海水有点咸。 Hǎi shuǐ yǒu diǎn xián. Seawater is a little salty.