手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手套
shǒutào
gloves
Characters in this word
套 tào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- 大 big, great, vast, high, deep 镸 long
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我买了手套。 Wǒ mǎi le shǒutào. I bought gloves.
- 手套很暖和。 Shǒutào hěn nuǎnhuo. The gloves are very warm.
- 别忘带手套。 Bié wàng dài shǒutào. Do not forget to bring gloves.