玉 yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 玉 — jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
玉米
yùmǐ
corn
Characters in this word
米 mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我爱吃玉米。 Wǒ ài chī yùmǐ. I love eating corn.
- 玉米很甜。 Yùmǐ hěn tián. The corn is very sweet.
- 晚饭有玉米。 Wǎnfàn yǒu yùmǐ. We have corn for dinner.