原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
原则
yuánzé
principle
Characters in this word
则 zé
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是我的原则。 Zhè shì wǒ de yuánzé. This is my principle.
- 原则不能变。 Yuánzé bù néng biàn. Principles cannot change.
- 他有原则。 Tā yǒu yuánzé. He has principles.