报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
报刊
bàokān
newspapers and magazines
Characters in this word
刊 kān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 干 arid, dry 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 图书馆的阅览室里摆着很多报刊。 Túshūguǎn de yuèlǎnshì lǐ bǎi zhe hěn duō bàokān. There are lots of newspapers and magazines in the library's reading room.
- 爷爷退休后喜欢在家里读报刊。 Yéye tuìxiū hòu xǐhuan zài jiā lǐ dú bàokān. After retiring, Grandpa likes reading newspapers and magazines at home.
- 这篇文章发表在一家有名的报刊上。 Zhè piān wénzhāng fābiǎo zài yì jiā yǒumíng de bàokān shàng. This article was published in a well-known newspaper or magazine.
Related words
- 报名 bàomíng to sign up
- 报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper
- 日报 rìbào daily newspaper
- 晚报 wǎnbào evening newspaper
- 报 bào newspaper
- 报到 bàodào to check in; to register
- 报道 bàodào to report; news report
- 报告 bàogào report; speech
- 预报 yùbào forecast
- 汇报 huìbào to report
- 报答 bàodá to repay someone's kindness
- 报警 bàojǐng to call the police