能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
能源
néngyuán
energy
Characters in this word
源 yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 发展可再生能源是减少碳排放的重要途径。 Fāzhǎn kě zàishēng néngyuán shì jiǎnshǎo tàn páifàng de zhòngyào tújìng. Developing renewable energy is an important way to reduce carbon emissions.
- 这个城市正在用太阳能代替传统能源。 Zhège chéngshì zhèngzài yòng tàiyángnéng dàitì chuántǒng néngyuán. This city is replacing traditional energy sources with solar power.
- 能源价格上涨以后，很多家庭开始注意节约用电。 Néngyuán jiàgé shàngzhǎng yǐhòu, hěn duō jiātíng kāishǐ zhùyì jiéyuē yòng diàn. After energy prices went up, many families began to pay attention to saving electricity.