品 pǐn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
品种
pǐnzhǒng
variety
Characters in this word
种 zhǒng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 中 central
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个品种好。 Zhège pǐnzhǒng hǎo. This variety is good.
- 品种很多。 Pǐnzhǒng hěn duō. There are many varieties.
- 这是新品种。 Zhè shì xīn pǐnzhǒng. This is a new variety.