污 wū
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 亏 to lose, to fail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
污染
wūrǎn
to pollute; pollution
Characters in this word
染 rǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 氿 spring 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这里污染很重。 Zhè lǐ wūrǎn hěn zhòng. Pollution is very heavy here.
- 河水污染了。 Hé shuǐ wūrǎn le. The river water is polluted.
- 别污染空气。 Bié wūrǎn kōngqì. Do not pollute the air.