垃 lā
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
垃圾
lājī
garbage; trash
Characters in this word
圾 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 垃圾在门口。 Lā jī zài mén kǒu. The garbage is at the door.
- 请扔垃圾。 Qǐng rēng lā jī. Please throw out the garbage.
- 地上有垃圾。 Dì shang yǒu lā jī. There is garbage on the ground.