墙 qiáng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 啬 miserly, stingy, thrifty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
墙壁
qiángbì
wall
Characters in this word
壁 bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 辟 law, rule 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 墙壁很干净。 Qiángbì hěn gānjìng. The wall is very clean.
- 别靠墙壁。 Bié kào qiángbì. Do not lean on the wall.
- 墙壁上有画。 Qiángbì shàng yǒu huà. A painting is on the wall.