胶 jiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 交 to connect
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
胶水
jiāoshuǐ
glue
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 胶水在桌上。 Jiāoshuǐ zài zhuō shang. The glue is on the table.
- 我用胶水。 Wǒ yòng jiāoshuǐ. I use glue.
- 胶水不够了。 Jiāoshuǐ bú gòu le. There is not enough glue now.