幼 yòu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
- Made of
- 幺 tiny 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
幼儿园
yòu'éryuán
kindergarten
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
园 yuán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子上幼儿园。 Háizi shàng yòuéryuán. The child goes to kindergarten.
- 幼儿园很近。 Yòuéryuán hěn jìn. The kindergarten is very close.
- 她在幼儿园。 Tā zài yòuéryuán. She is at kindergarten.