遗 yí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 贵 expensive, costly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
遗传
yíchuán
heredity; to be inherited
Characters in this word
传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这病会遗传。 Zhè bìng huì yí chuán. This disease can be inherited.
- 遗传很复杂。 Yí chuán hěn fù zá. Heredity is very complex.
- 身高会遗传。 Shēn gāo huì yí chuán. Height can be inherited.
Related words
- 遗产 yíchǎn inheritance; heritage
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 宣传 xuānchuán to promote; to publicize
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 传达 chuándá to pass on a message
- 传递 chuándì to pass; to transmit
- 传真 chuánzhēn fax
- 疗养 liáoyǎng to recover; to rest for health