客 kè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 各 individual
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
客厅
kètīng
living room
Characters in this word
厅 tīng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- Made of
- 厂 cliff 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 客厅很大。 Kètīng hěn dà. The living room is big.
- 我在客厅。 Wǒ zài kètīng. I am in the living room.
- 客厅有电视。 Kètīng yǒu diànshì. There is a TV in the living room.