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柜子

guìzi

cabinet; cupboard

A cabinet with closed doors
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Characters in this word

柜 guì

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 巨 large, huge, gigantic
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 柜

子 zi

Strokes
3
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 柜子很大。 Guì zi hěn dà. The cabinet is big.
  • 打开柜子。 Dǎ kāi guì zi. Open the cabinet.
  • 柜子里有书。 Guì zi lǐ yǒu shū. There are books in the cabinet.

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