红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
红包
hóngbāo
red envelope with money
Characters in this word
包 bāo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 勹 — wrap
- Made of
- 勹 wrap 巳 snake
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 红包给你了。 Hóng bāo gěi nǐ le. The red envelope was given to you.
- 我收到红包。 Wǒ shōu dào hóng bāo. I received a red envelope.
- 红包里有钱。 Hóng bāo lǐ yǒu qián. There is money in the red envelope.