酸 suān
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 夋 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
酸甜苦辣
suāntiánkǔlà
life's joys and hardships
Characters in this word
甜 tián
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 甘 — sweet, tasty
- Made of
- 舌 tongue 甘 sweet, tasty
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
苦 kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 古 old, classic, ancient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 人生酸甜苦辣。 Rénshēng suāntiánkǔlà. Life has joys and hardships.
- 我懂酸甜苦辣。 Wǒ dǒng suāntiánkǔlà. I understand life's joys and hardships.
- 酸甜苦辣都有。 Suāntiánkǔlà dōu yǒu. There are both joys and hardships.