经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
经费
jīngfèi
funds
Characters in this word
费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 经费不够了。 Jīng fèi bù gòu le. The funds are not enough now.
- 我们缺经费。 Wǒ men quē jīng fèi. We lack funds.
- 经费用完了。 Jīng fèi yòng wán le. The funds are used up.