资 zī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
资料
zīliào
materials; information
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我找资料。 Wǒ zhǎo zīliào. I look for information.
- 资料在桌上。 Zīliào zài zhuō shàng. The papers are on the table.
- 请给我资料。 Qǐng gěi wǒ zīliào. Please give me the materials.