电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电饭锅
diànfànguō
rice cooker
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
锅 guō
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 呙 to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 电饭锅坏了。 Diàn fàn guō huài le. The rice cooker is broken.
- 我用电饭锅。 Wǒ yòng diàn fàn guō. I use a rice cooker.
- 电饭锅在厨房。 Diàn fàn guō zài chú fáng. The rice cooker is in the kitchen.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐyóujiàn email