码 mǎ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
码头
mǎtóu
dock
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 船到码头了。 Chuán dào mǎtóu le. The boat has reached the dock.
- 我在码头等。 Wǒ zài mǎtóu děng. I am waiting at the dock.
- 码头很热闹。 Mǎtóu hěn rènào. The dock is very busy.