括 kuò
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
括号
kuòhào
parentheses; brackets
Characters in this word
号 hào
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 丂 breath
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请加括号。 Qǐng jiā kuò hào. Please add parentheses.
- 括号里写名字。 Kuò hào lǐ xiě míng zi. Write the name in parentheses.
- 这里少括号。 Zhè lǐ shǎo kuò hào. A parenthesis is missing here.