钓 diào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 勺 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
钓鱼
diàoyú
to fish
Characters in this word
鱼 yú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 鱼 — fish
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他周末常去河边钓鱼，但更享受安静等待的过程。 Tā zhōumò cháng qù hébiān diàoyú, dàn gèng xiǎngshòu ānjìng děngdài de guòchéng. He often goes fishing by the river at weekends, but he enjoys the quiet process of waiting even more.
- 爷爷坐在小船上钓鱼，一坐就是一下午。 Yéye zuò zài xiǎo chuán shàng diàoyú, yí zuò jiù shì yí xiàwǔ. Grandpa sits in a little boat fishing, and once he sits down it lasts the whole afternoon.
- 我们明天早上去湖边钓鱼，你去不去？ Wǒmen míngtiān zǎoshang qù hú biān diàoyú, nǐ qù bu qù? We're going fishing by the lake tomorrow morning; are you coming?