描 miáo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 苗 sprouts
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
描述
miáoshù
to describe
Characters in this word
述 shù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 术 skill, art
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请描述一下。 Qǐng miáoshù yíxià. Please describe it.
- 他描述北京。 Tā miáoshù Běijīng. He describes Beijing.
- 我描述我的家。 Wǒ miáoshù wǒ de jiā. I describe my home.