书 shū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
书面
shūmiàn
written, in writing
Characters in this word
面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 所有投诉都必须以书面形式提交，方便后续核查。 Suǒyǒu tóusù dōu bìxū yǐ shūmiàn xíngshì tíjiāo, fāngbiàn hòuxù héchá. All complaints must be submitted in written form to facilitate later verification.
- 请把你的意见写成书面材料，明天交给我。 Qǐng bǎ nǐ de yìjiàn xiě chéng shūmiàn cáiliào, míngtiān jiāo gěi wǒ. Please write your opinion up as a written document and hand it to me tomorrow.
- 这个词多用于书面语，平时很少这样说。 Zhège cí duō yòng yú shūmiànyǔ, píngshí hěn shǎo zhèyàng shuō. This word is mostly used in written language and is rarely said in everyday speech.