暖 nuǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 爰 to lead on to
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
暖气
nuǎnqì
heating
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 暖气开了吗？ Nuǎn qì kāi le ma? Is the heating on?
- 屋里有暖气。 Wū lǐ yǒu nuǎn qì. There is heating in the room.
- 暖气很暖和。 Nuǎn qì hěn nuǎn huo. The heating is very warm.