形 xíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 开 to open 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
形容
xíngróng
to describe
Characters in this word
容 róng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 谷 valley, gorge, ravine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 难以形容。 Nányǐ xíngróng. It is hard to describe.
- 我不会形容。 Wǒ bú huì xíngróng. I cannot describe it.
- 请形容一下。 Qǐng xíngróng yíxià. Please describe it a little.