皮 pí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 皮 — skin, hide, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
皮鞋
píxié
leather shoes
Characters in this word
鞋 xié
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 革 — leather, animal hide
- Made of
- 革 leather, animal hide 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 皮鞋很亮。 Píxié hěn liàng. The leather shoes are very shiny.
- 我买皮鞋。 Wǒ mǎi píxié. I buy leather shoes.
- 他穿皮鞋。 Tā chuān píxié. He wears leather shoes.