葡 pú
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 匍 to crawl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
葡萄酒
pútaojiǔ
wine
Characters in this word
萄 táo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 匋 pottery
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
酒 jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 氵 water 酉 wine
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我买了葡萄酒。 Wǒ mǎi le pútaojiǔ. I bought wine.
- 这瓶葡萄酒贵。 Zhè píng pútaojiǔ guì. This bottle of wine is expensive.
- 他不喝葡萄酒。 Tā bù hē pútaojiǔ. He does not drink wine.