居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
居民
jūmín
resident
Characters in this word
民 mín
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 民 — citizens, subjects
- Made of
- 巳 snake 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 居民都很热心。 Jūmín dōu hěn rèxīn. The residents are all very kind.
- 这里居民很多。 Zhèlǐ jūmín hěn duō. There are many residents here.
- 居民喜欢公园。 Jūmín xǐhuan gōngyuán. The residents like the park.