轮 lún
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- Made of
- 车 cart, vehicle 仑 logical reasons, logical order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
轮船
lúnchuán
steamship
Characters in this word
船 chuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 轮船来了。 Lúnchuán lái le. The steamship has arrived.
- 我坐轮船。 Wǒ zuò lúnchuán. I take a steamship.
- 轮船很大。 Lúnchuán hěn dà. The steamship is very big.