书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
书籍
shūjí
books
Characters in this word
籍 jí
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 耤 to plow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 电子书很方便，但纸质书籍仍然有稳定的读者群。 Diànzǐshū hěn fāngbiàn, dàn zhǐzhì shūjí réngrán yǒu wěndìng de dúzhě qún. E-books are very convenient, but printed books still have a stable readership.
- 图书馆里有各种各样的书籍，可以免费借阅。 Túshūguǎn lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng gè yàng de shūjí, kěyǐ miǎnfèi jièyuè. The library has all kinds of books that you can borrow for free.
- 他把旧书籍整理好，捐给了山区的学校。 Tā bǎ jiù shūjí zhěnglǐ hǎo, juān gěi le shānqū de xuéxiào. He sorted out his old books and donated them to a school in the mountains.