平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平稳
píngwěn
steady; stable
Characters in this word
稳 wěn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 急 anxious, worried
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 车开得很平稳。 Chē kāi de hěn píngwěn. The car drives very smoothly.
- 他走路很平稳。 Tā zǒulù hěn píngwěn. He walks very steadily.
- 价格比较平稳。 Jiàgé bǐjiào píngwěn. Prices are quite stable.