朝 cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 龺 sunlight 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
朝代
cháodài
dynasty
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 每个朝代都有自己的制度特色，但也会继承前人的政治经验。 Měi gè cháodài dōu yǒu zìjǐ de zhìdù tèsè, dàn yě huì jìchéng qiánrén de zhèngzhì jīngyàn. Every dynasty has its own institutional features, but it also inherits political experience from those before it.
- 唐朝是中国历史上最繁荣的朝代之一。 Tángcháo shì Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng zuì fánróng de cháodài zhī yī. The Tang was one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese history.
- 博物馆按朝代的顺序展出了这些古代瓷器。 Bówùguǎn àn cháodài de shùnxù zhǎnchū le zhèxiē gǔdài cíqì. The museum displays these ancient porcelains in order of dynasty.
Related words
- 朝 cháo toward
- 王朝 wángcháo dynasty
- 有朝一日 yǒuzhāoyírì one day; someday
- 朝气蓬勃 zhāoqìpéngbó full of youthful energy; vigorous and energetic
- 朝三暮四 zhāosānmùsì to be fickle; to change one's mind constantly
- 朝夕相处 zhāoxīxiāngchǔ to spend all one's time together; to be in close daily contact
- 代 dài generation; age
- 代表 dàibiǎo representative; to represent
- 代表团 dàibiǎotuán delegation
- 古代 gǔdài ancient times
- 年代 niándài era; period of years
- 时代 shídài era; age