太 tài
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
太阳能
tàiyángnéng
solar energy
Characters in this word
阳 yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这个村庄利用太阳能供电，减少了对柴油发电机的依赖。 Zhège cūnzhuāng lìyòng tàiyángnéng gōngdiàn, jiǎnshǎo le duì cháiyóu fādiànjī de yīlài. This village uses solar energy for electricity, reducing its reliance on diesel generators.
- 我家用太阳能热水器，夏天不用花钱烧水。 Wǒ jiā yòng tàiyángnéng rèshuǐqì, xiàtiān bú yòng huā qián shāo shuǐ. My family uses a solar water heater, so we don't pay to heat water in summer.
- 太阳能是一种干净的能源，不会污染空气。 Tàiyángnéng shì yì zhǒng gānjìng de néngyuán, bú huì wūrǎn kōngqì. Solar energy is a clean source of energy and does not pollute the air.