试 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 式 formula, pattern, rule, style, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
试图
shìtú
to try to
Characters in this word
图 tú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他试图开门。 Tā shìtú kāimén. He tries to open the door.
- 我试图帮你。 Wǒ shìtú bāng nǐ. I try to help you.
- 她试图解释。 Tā shìtú jiěshì. She tries to explain.