著 zhù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 者 that which
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
著名
zhùmíng
famous
Characters in this word
名 míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他很著名。 Tā hěn zhùmíng. He is very famous.
- 这是著名学校。 Zhè shì zhùmíng xuéxiào. This is a famous school.
- 北京很著名。 Běijīng hěn zhùmíng. Beijing is very famous.