惩 chéng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
惩罚
chéngfá
to punish
Characters in this word
罚 fá
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 教育的目的不只是惩罚错误，更是帮助学生理解后果。 Jiàoyù de mùdì bù zhǐ shì chéngfá cuòwù, gèng shì bāngzhù xuéshēng lǐjiě hòuguǒ. The purpose of education is not only to punish mistakes, but also to help students understand the consequences.
- 老师没有惩罚他，只是让他向同学道歉。 Lǎoshī méiyǒu chéngfá tā, zhǐshì ràng tā xiàng tóngxué dàoqiàn. The teacher did not punish him, but only had him apologise to his classmate.
- 迟到要受到惩罚，这是班里的规定。 Chídào yào shòudào chéngfá, zhè shì bān lǐ de guīdìng. Being late means being punished; that is the class rule.