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
塑料袋
sùliàodài
plastic bag
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
- 我有塑料袋。 Wǒ yǒu sù liào dài. I have a plastic bag.
- 别用塑料袋。 Bié yòng sù liào dài. Do not use plastic bags.
- 塑料袋破了。 Sù liào dài pò le. The plastic bag tore.