控 kòng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 空 hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
控制
kòngzhì
to control
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请控制声音。 Qǐng kòngzhì shēngyīn. Please control the volume.
- 他控制车速。 Tā kòngzhì chēsù. He controls the car speed.
- 我要控制时间。 Wǒ yào kòngzhì shíjiān. I need to control the time.