塑 sù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 朔 beginning 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
塑料
sùliào
plastic
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是塑料杯。 Zhè shì sù liào bēi. This is a plastic cup.
- 塑料盒很轻。 Sù liào hé hěn qīng. The plastic box is very light.
- 别买塑料碗。 Bié mǎi sù liào wǎn. Do not buy plastic bowls.