游 yóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斿 to swim
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
游泳池
yóuyǒngchí
swimming pool
Characters in this word
泳 yǒng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 永 long
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
池 chí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 也 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 游泳池很大。 Yóuyǒngchí hěn dà. The swimming pool is big.
- 我去游泳池。 Wǒ qù yóuyǒngchí. I am going to the swimming pool.
- 游泳池在楼下。 Yóuyǒngchí zài lóuxià. The swimming pool is downstairs.