铃 líng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 令 command, decree, order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
铃声
língshēng
ringtone; ringing sound
Characters in this word
声 shēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 — scholar, gentleman
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 铃声很大。 Língshēng hěn dà. The ringing sound is very loud.
- 我听到铃声。 Wǒ tīngdào língshēng. I hear the ringing sound.
- 手机铃声好听。 Shǒujī língshēng hǎotīng. The phone ringtone sounds nice.