窗 chuāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 囱 chimney
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
窗帘
chuānglián
curtain
Characters in this word
帘 lián
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 窗帘很漂亮。 Chuānglián hěn piàoliang. The curtains are very pretty.
- 请拉上窗帘。 Qǐng lā shàng chuānglián. Please close the curtains.
- 我买新窗帘。 Wǒ mǎi xīn chuānglián. I buy new curtains.