日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
日历
rìlì
calendar
Characters in this word
历 lì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我买日历。 Wǒ mǎi rìlì. I buy a calendar.
- 日历在墙上。 Rìlì zài qiáng shàng. The calendar is on the wall.
- 看看日历。 Kànkan rìlì. Look at the calendar.