元 yuán
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
元旦
Yuándàn
New Year's Day
Characters in this word
旦 dàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 元旦快乐。 Yuándàn kuàilè. Happy New Year's Day.
- 元旦放假。 Yuándàn fàngjià. There is a holiday on New Year's Day.
- 元旦去北京。 Yuándàn qù Běijīng. We go to Beijing on New Year's Day.