火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火腿
huǒtuǐ
ham
Characters in this word
腿 tuǐ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 退 to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我爱吃火腿。 Wǒ ài chī huǒtuǐ. I love eating ham.
- 火腿很好吃。 Huǒtuǐ hěn hǎochī. Ham is very tasty.
- 面包加火腿。 Miànbāo jiā huǒtuǐ. Bread with ham.