回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
回收
huíshōu
to recycle
Characters in this word
收 shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 回收旧书吧。 Huíshōu jiù shū ba. Let’s recycle the old books.
- 我们回收纸。 Wǒmen huíshōu zhǐ. We recycle paper.
- 这里回收瓶子。 Zhèlǐ huíshōu píngzi. They recycle bottles here.