植 zhí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
植物
zhíwù
plant
Characters in this word
物 wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- Made of
- 牛 ox, cow, bull 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是植物。 Zhè shì zhíwù. This is a plant.
- 植物需要水。 Zhíwù xūyào shuǐ. Plants need water.
- 我喜欢植物。 Wǒ xǐhuan zhíwù. I like plants.