湿 shī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 显 clear, evident
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
湿度
shīdù
humidity
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果室内湿度太高，墙壁和家具都容易发霉。 Rúguǒ shìnèi shīdù tài gāo, qiángbì hé jiājù dōu róngyì fāméi. If indoor humidity is too high, walls and furniture can easily go mouldy.
- 夏天南方的湿度很高，衣服很难干。 Xiàtiān nánfāng de shīdù hěn gāo, yīfu hěn nán gān. In summer the humidity in the south is high and clothes are hard to dry.
- 这台机器可以显示房间的温度和湿度。 Zhè tái jīqì kěyǐ xiǎnshì fángjiān de wēndù hé shīdù. This device can show the temperature and humidity of the room.