蛋 dàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- Made of
- 疋 roll, bolt of cloth 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蛋糕
dàngāo
cake
Characters in this word
糕 gāo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 米 rice, millet, grain 羔 lamb
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 蛋糕很好吃。 Dàngāo hěn hǎochī. The cake is very tasty.
- 我买了蛋糕。 Wǒ mǎi le dàngāo. I bought a cake.
- 蛋糕在桌上。 Dàngāo zài zhuō shàng. The cake is on the table.