钢 gāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 冈 ridge or crest of hill
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
钢笔
gāngbǐ
fountain pen
Characters in this word
笔 bǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 毛 hair, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我有钢笔。 Wǒ yǒu gāngbǐ. I have a fountain pen.
- 钢笔在桌上。 Gāngbǐ zài zhuō shàng. The pen is on the table.
- 这支钢笔新。 Zhè zhī gāngbǐ xīn. This pen is new.