博 bó
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 十 ten, tenth 尃 to announce, to state
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
博物馆
bówùguǎn
museum
Characters in this word
物 wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- Made of
- 牛 ox, cow, bull 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
馆 guǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 官 official, public servant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我去博物馆。 Wǒ qù bówùguǎn. I am going to the museum.
- 博物馆很大。 Bówùguǎn hěn dà. The museum is very big.
- 博物馆在哪？ Bówùguǎn zài nǎ? Where is the museum?