男 nán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
男性
nánxìng
male
Characters in this word
性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他是男性。 Tā shì nánxìng. He is male.
- 男性在左边。 Nánxìng zài zuǒbian. The men are on the left.
- 这里男性很多。 Zhèlǐ nánxìng hěn duō. There are many men here.