快 kuài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
快递
kuàidì
express delivery; package
Characters in this word
递 dì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 弟 young brother, junior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 快递到了。 Kuài dì dào le. The delivery has arrived.
- 我去拿快递。 Wǒ qù ná kuài dì. I am going to get the package.
- 快递在门口。 Kuài dì zài mén kǒu. The package is at the door.