书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
书柜
shūguì
bookcase
Characters in this word
柜 guì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 书柜在这。 Shūguì zài zhè. The bookcase is here.
- 书柜很大。 Shūguì hěn dà. The bookcase is very big.
- 我买书柜。 Wǒ mǎi shūguì. I am buying a bookcase.