热 rè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 执 to execute 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
热水器
rèshuǐqì
water heater
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
器 qì
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这台热水器使用了节能技术，冬天洗澡也不会耗电太多。 Zhè tái rèshuǐqì shǐyòng le jiénéng jìshù, dōngtiān xǐzǎo yě bú huì hàodiàn tài duō. This water heater uses energy-saving technology, so showering in winter does not use too much electricity.
- 我家的热水器坏了，今天早上只能洗冷水澡。 Wǒ jiā de rèshuǐqì huài le, jīntiān zǎoshang zhǐ néng xǐ lěngshuǐzǎo. Our water heater is broken, so this morning I could only take a cold shower.
- 师傅来我家安装了一台新热水器。 Shīfu lái wǒ jiā ānzhuāng le yì tái xīn rèshuǐqì. The technician came to my home and installed a new water heater.