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口袋

kǒudai

pocket

A coat pocket with a pouch
Memory picture

Characters in this word

口 kǒu

Strokes
3
Radical
口 — mouth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

袋 dài

Strokes
11
Radical
衣 — cloth
Made of
代 era, generation 衣 cloth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 口袋里有糖。 Kǒu dài lǐ yǒu táng. There is candy in the pocket.
  • 我摸口袋。 Wǒ mō kǒu dài. I touch the pocket.
  • 钱在口袋里。 Qián zài kǒu dài lǐ. The money is in the pocket.

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