投 tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
投诉
tóusù
to complain
Characters in this word
诉 sù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 斥 to scold, to upbraid
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我要投诉。 Wǒ yào tóusù. I want to complain.
- 他去投诉了。 Tā qù tóusù le. He went to complain.
- 投诉有用吗？ Tóusù yǒu yòng ma? Will complaining help?