仔 zǎi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 子 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
仔细
zǐxì
careful; carefully
Characters in this word
细 xì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请仔细看。 Qǐng zǐxì kàn. Please look carefully.
- 他写得仔细。 Tā xiě de zǐxì. He writes carefully.
- 仔细听老师。 Zǐxì tīng lǎoshī. Listen to the teacher carefully.