贷 dài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
贷款
dàikuǎn
loan
Characters in this word
款 kuǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我有贷款。 Wǒ yǒu dàikuǎn. I have a loan.
- 他还贷款。 Tā huán dàikuǎn. He pays back the loan.
- 贷款不容易。 Dàikuǎn bù róngyì. Getting a loan is not easy.