政 zhèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
政府
zhèngfǔ
government
Characters in this word
府 fǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 政府在开会。 Zhèngfǔ zài kāihuì. The government is holding a meeting.
- 政府帮助我们。 Zhèngfǔ bāngzhù wǒmen. The government helps us.
- 这是政府大楼。 Zhè shì zhèngfǔ dàlóu. This is the government building.