经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
经典
jīngdiǎn
classic
Characters in this word
典 diǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是经典电影。 Zhè shì jīngdiǎn diànyǐng. This is a classic movie.
- 这本书很经典。 Zhè běn shū hěn jīngdiǎn. This book is a real classic.
- 我爱经典歌曲。 Wǒ ài jīngdiǎn gēqǔ. I love classic songs.