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注射

zhùshè

injection

A nurse giving an injection
Memory picture

Characters in this word

注 zhù

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 主 master, host
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 注

射 shè

Strokes
10
Radical
寸 — inch
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 我要注射。 Wǒ yào zhùshè. I need an injection.
  • 注射疼吗? Zhùshè téng ma? Does an injection hurt?
  • 医生在注射。 Yīshēng zài zhùshè. The doctor is giving an injection.

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