旅 lǚ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
旅程
lǚchéng
journey
Characters in this word
程 chéng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这次旅程让他重新思考了生活的意义。 Zhè cì lǚchéng ràng tā chóngxīn sīkǎo le shēnghuó de yìyì. This journey made him rethink the meaning of life.
- 飞机起飞以后，漫长的旅程才真正开始。 Fēijī qǐfēi yǐhòu, màncháng de lǚchéng cái zhēnzhèng kāishǐ. Only after the plane took off did the long journey truly begin.
- 祝你们旅程愉快，到了以后记得给我打电话。 Zhù nǐmen lǚchéng yúkuài, dào le yǐhòu jìde gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà. Have a pleasant trip, and remember to call me when you arrive.