悲 bēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
悲剧
bēijù
tragedy
Characters in this word
剧 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 居 to live, to reside 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是悲剧。 Zhè shì bēijù. This is a tragedy.
- 电影是悲剧。 Diànyǐng shì bēijù. The movie is a tragedy.
- 别看悲剧了。 Bié kàn bēijù le. Do not watch tragedies anymore.