汽 qì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 气 air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
汽油
qìyóu
gasoline
Characters in this word
油 yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 车没汽油了。 Chē méi qìyóu le. The car is out of gasoline.
- 汽油价格很高。 Qìyóu jiàgé hěn gāo. Gasoline prices are very high.
- 我去加汽油。 Wǒ qù jiā qìyóu. I am going to get gasoline.