空 kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
空中
kōngzhōng
in the air
Characters in this word
中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 鸟在空中飞。 Niǎo zài kōngzhōng fēi. A bird flies in the air.
- 空中有云。 Kōngzhōng yǒu yún. Clouds are in the air.
- 球在空中。 Qiú zài kōngzhōng. The ball is in the air.