国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国旗
guóqí
national flag
Characters in this word
旗 qí
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 清晨，国旗在广场上缓缓升起，提醒人们珍惜来之不易的和平。 Qīngchén, guóqí zài guǎngchǎng shang huǎnhuǎn shēngqǐ, tíxǐng rénmen zhēnxī lái zhī bù yì de hépíng. At dawn, the national flag rose slowly in the square, reminding people to cherish hard-won peace.
- 每个运动员的衣服上都印着本国的国旗。 Měi gè yùndòngyuán de yīfu shang dōu yìnzhe běnguó de guóqí. Every athlete's clothes are printed with the flag of their own country.
- 大楼门口挂着好几面国旗，在风里轻轻飘动。 Dàlóu ménkǒu guàzhe hǎo jǐ miàn guóqí, zài fēng li qīngqīng piāodòng. Several national flags hang at the entrance of the building, swaying gently in the wind.
Related words
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 国际 guójì international
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations