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诗歌

shīgē

poetry

A poet holding a scroll
Memory picture

Characters in this word

诗 shī

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 寺 court, office
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

歌 gē

Strokes
14
Radical
欠 — to lack, to owe
Made of
哥 elder brother 欠 to lack, to owe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我爱诗歌。 Wǒ ài shīgē. I love poetry.
  • 她写诗歌。 Tā xiě shīgē. She writes poems.
  • 诗歌很美。 Shīgē hěn měi. Poetry is very beautiful.

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