机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
机构
jīgòu
organization
Characters in this word
构 gòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 勾 to hook, to join, to connect
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家机构很大。 Zhè jiā jīgòu hěn dà. This organization is very big.
- 机构在市里。 Jīgòu zài shì lǐ. The organization is in the city.
- 我找那机构。 Wǒ zhǎo nà jīgòu. I am looking for that organization.