病 bìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 丙 third
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
病毒
bìngdú
virus
Characters in this word
毒 dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 母 — mother
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 母 mother
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 病毒很可怕。 Bìngdú hěn kěpà. Viruses are scary.
- 电脑有病毒。 Diànnǎo yǒu bìngdú. The computer has a virus.
- 这种病毒新吗？ Zhè zhǒng bìngdú xīn ma? Is this kind of virus new?