活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
活泼
huópo
lively
Characters in this word
泼 pō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 发 to issue, to dispatch, to send out
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她很活泼。 Tā hěn huópo. She is very lively.
- 孩子活泼可爱。 Háizi huópo kěài. The child is lively and cute.
- 小狗很活泼。 Xiǎogǒu hěn huópo. The puppy is very lively.