街 jiē
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 行 to go, to walk, to move 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
街道
jiēdào
street
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 街道很干净。 Jiēdào hěn gānjìng. The street is very clean.
- 我走在街道上。 Wǒ zǒu zài jiēdào shang. I walk along the street.
- 街道上人多。 Jiēdào shang rén duō. The street has many people.