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月球

yuèqiú

the Moon

HSK 5 · Topic “Materials and energy”
A cratered sphere above Earth
Memory picture

Characters in this word

月 yuè

Strokes
4
Radical
月 — moon
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

球 qiú

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 求 to seek
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 月球很远。 Yuèqiú hěn yuǎn. The Moon is very far away.
  • 他看月球。 Tā kàn yuèqiú. He looks at the Moon.
  • 月球上很冷。 Yuèqiú shàng hěn lěng. It is very cold on the Moon.

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