消 xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
消防
xiāofáng
fire safety; firefighting
Characters in this word
防 fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 方 square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 消防车来了。 Xiāofángchē lái le. The fire truck is here.
- 学校讲消防。 Xuéxiào jiǎng xiāofáng. The school talks about fire safety.
- 注意消防安全。 Zhùyì xiāofáng ānquán. Pay attention to fire safety.