脖 bó
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 孛 comet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脖子
bózi
neck
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他低头工作了一整天，脖子僵得几乎转不过来。 Tā dītóu gōngzuò le yì zhěng tiān, bózi jiāng de jīhū zhuǎn bu guòlái. He worked with his head lowered all day, and his neck became so stiff that he could hardly turn it.
- 冬天出门要围上围巾，保护好脖子。 Dōngtiān chūmén yào wéi shàng wéijīn, bǎohù hǎo bózi. In winter, wrap a scarf around you when you go out to keep your neck protected.
- 长颈鹿的脖子又细又长。 Chángjǐnglù de bózi yòu xì yòu cháng. A giraffe's neck is both slender and long.