化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
化石
huàshí
fossil
Characters in this word
石 shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是化石。 Zhè shì huàshí. This is a fossil.
- 我看化石。 Wǒ kàn huàshí. I look at the fossil.
- 化石很古老。 Huàshí hěn gǔlǎo. The fossil is very ancient.