矿 kuàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
矿泉水
kuàngquánshuǐ
mineral water
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我买矿泉水。 Wǒ mǎi kuàng quán shuǐ. I buy mineral water.
- 矿泉水很凉。 Kuàng quán shuǐ hěn liáng. The mineral water is cold.
- 请给我矿泉水。 Qǐng gěi wǒ kuàng quán shuǐ. Please give me mineral water.