餐 cān
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 食 — food
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
餐馆
cānguǎn
restaurant
Characters in this word
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
- 餐馆很近。 Cān guǎn hěn jìn. The restaurant is very nearby.
- 我在餐馆吃饭。 Wǒ zài cān guǎn chī fàn. I have meals at the restaurant.
- 这家餐馆不错。 Zhè jiā cān guǎn bú cuò. This restaurant is pretty good.