准 zhǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
准时
zhǔnshí
on time
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请准时来。 Qǐng zhǔnshí lái. Please arrive on time.
- 他总是准时。 Tā zǒngshì zhǔnshí. He is always on time.
- 火车准时到。 Huǒchē zhǔnshí dào. The train arrives on time.