子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
子弹
zǐdàn
bullet
Characters in this word
弹 tán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 弓 — bow
- Made of
- 弓 bow 单 single, individual, only
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 子弹很危险。 Zǐdàn hěn wēixiǎn. Bullets are very dangerous.
- 他捡到子弹。 Tā jiǎn dào zǐdàn. He found a bullet.
- 不要碰子弹。 Bùyào pèng zǐdàn. Do not touch the bullet.