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
形势
xíngshì
situation
Characters in this word
势 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 形势很好。 Xíngshì hěn hǎo. The situation is very good.
- 现在形势紧张。 Xiànzài xíngshì jǐnzhāng. The situation is tense now.
- 我们看形势。 Wǒmen kàn xíngshì. We look at the situation.