高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高跟鞋
gāogēnxié
high-heeled shoes
Characters in this word
跟 gēn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
鞋 xié
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 革 — leather, animal hide
- Made of
- 革 leather, animal hide 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她穿高跟鞋。 Tā chuān gāogēnxié. She wears high-heeled shoes.
- 这双高跟鞋贵。 Zhè shuāng gāogēnxié guì. This pair of heels is expensive.
- 我不穿高跟鞋。 Wǒ bù chuān gāogēnxié. I do not wear high-heeled shoes.