火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火柴
huǒchái
matches
Characters in this word
柴 chái
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 火柴在桌上。 Huǒchái zài zhuō shang. The matches are on the table.
- 请给我火柴。 Qǐng gěi wǒ huǒchái. Please give me the matches.
- 他买了火柴。 Tā mǎi le huǒchái. He bought matches.