利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
利润
lìrùn
profit
Characters in this word
润 rùn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 闰 intercalary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 利润不高。 Lìrùn bù gāo. The profit is not high.
- 今年利润好。 Jīnnián lìrùn hǎo. Profit is good this year.
- 商店有利润。 Shāngdiàn yǒu lìrùn. The store makes a profit.