聪 cōng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
聪明
cōngming
smart
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你真聪明。 Nǐ zhēn cōngming. You are really smart.
- 他很聪明。 Tā hěn cōngming. He is very smart.
- 聪明孩子爱问。 Cōngming háizi ài wèn. Smart children like to ask questions.
Related words
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
- 明星 míngxīng celebrity; star
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 光明 guāngmíng bright; hopeful
- 明确 míngquè clear; definite
- 明显 míngxiǎn obvious
- 声明 shēngmíng statement
- 文明 wénmíng civilized