海 hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 每 each, every
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
海岸
hǎi'àn
coast, shore
Characters in this word
岸 àn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 由于海岸线不断后退，当地政府不得不加强防护工程。 Yóuyú hǎi'ànxiàn búduàn hòutuì, dāngdì zhèngfǔ bùdébù jiāqiáng fánghù gōngchéng. As the coastline keeps retreating, the local government has had to strengthen protective works.
- 我们沿着海岸慢慢地散步，看日落。 Wǒmen yánzhe hǎi'àn mànmàn de sànbù, kàn rìluò. We strolled slowly along the coast and watched the sunset.
- 这座城市的海岸很长，夏天有很多游客来玩。 Zhè zuò chéngshì de hǎi'àn hěn cháng, xiàtiān yǒu hěn duō yóukè lái wán. This city has a long coast, and many tourists come to enjoy it in summer.