巧 qiǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- Made of
- 工 labor, work 丂 breath
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
巧克力
qiǎokèlì
chocolate
Characters in this word
力 lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我爱吃巧克力。 Wǒ ài chī qiǎokèlì. I love eating chocolate.
- 巧克力很甜。 Qiǎokèlì hěn tián. Chocolate is very sweet.
- 她买了巧克力。 Tā mǎi le qiǎokèlì. She bought chocolate.