脾 pí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 卑 humble, low, inferior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脾气
píqi
temper
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他脾气很好。 Tā píqi hěn hǎo. He has a good temper.
- 别发脾气。 Bié fā píqi. Do not lose your temper.
- 她脾气大。 Tā píqi dà. She has a bad temper.