细 xì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
细致
xìzhì
careful; detailed
Characters in this word
致 zhì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 至 — reach, arrive
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她做事细致。 Tā zuòshì xìzhì. She does things carefully.
- 工作要细致。 Gōngzuò yào xìzhì. Work needs to be careful.
- 老师很细致。 Lǎoshī hěn xìzhì. The teacher is very careful.