桃 táo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 兆 omen
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
桃花
táohuā
peach blossom
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 桃花开了。 Táohuā kāi le. The peach blossoms bloom.
- 我看桃花。 Wǒ kàn táohuā. I look at peach blossoms.
- 桃花很美。 Táohuā hěn měi. Peach blossoms are very beautiful.