西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
西红柿
xīhóngshì
tomato
Characters in this word
红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
柿 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我买西红柿。 Wǒ mǎi xīhóngshì. I buy tomatoes.
- 西红柿很甜。 Xīhóngshì hěn tián. Tomatoes are very sweet.
- 他切西红柿。 Tā qiē xīhóngshì. He cuts a tomato.