神 shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 申 to report
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
神奇
shénqí
amazing; magical
Characters in this word
奇 qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这药很神奇。 Zhè yào hěn shén qí. This medicine is amazing.
- 这个地方神奇。 Zhè ge dì fang shén qí. This place is amazing.
- 魔术很神奇。 Mó shù hěn shén qí. Magic tricks are very amazing.