图 tú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
图案
tú'àn
pattern
Characters in this word
案 àn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个图案很美。 Zhège túàn hěn měi. This pattern is beautiful.
- 衣服有图案。 Yīfu yǒu túàn. The clothes have a pattern.
- 我喜欢图案。 Wǒ xǐhuan túàn. I like patterns.