快 kuài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
快活
kuàihuo
happy; cheerful
Characters in this word
活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他很快活。 Tā hěn kuàihuo. He is very happy.
- 孩子真快活。 Háizi zhēn kuàihuo. The child is really cheerful.
- 我们很快活。 Wǒmen hěn kuàihuo. We are very happy.