典 diǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
典礼
diǎnlǐ
ceremony
Characters in this word
礼 lǐ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 典礼开始了。 Diǎnlǐ kāishǐ le. The ceremony has begun.
- 我参加典礼。 Wǒ cānjiā diǎnlǐ. I attend the ceremony.
- 典礼很隆重。 Diǎnlǐ hěn lóngzhòng. The ceremony is very grand.