田 tián
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
田径
tiánjìng
track and field
Characters in this word
径 jìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校的田径队每天下午都在操场训练。 Xuéxiào de tiánjìng duì měi tiān xiàwǔ dōu zài cāochǎng xùnliàn. The school's track and field team trains on the sports ground every afternoon.
- 他在田径比赛中拿了一百米冠军。 Tā zài tiánjìng bǐsài zhōng ná le yì bǎi mǐ guànjūn. He won the 100 metres title in the track and field competition.
- 跑步、跳远和投掷都属于田径项目。 Pǎobù, tiàoyuǎn hé tóuzhì dōu shǔyú tiánjìng xiàngmù. Running, long jump and throwing are all track and field events.
Related words
- 农田 nóngtián farmland
- 田 tián field, farmland
- 田间 tiánjiān in the fields; field
- 田野 tiányě field; open country; fieldwork
- 田园 tiányuán rural; countryside; pastoral
- 途径 tújìng way, channel
- 半径 bànjìng radius
- 捷径 jiéjìng shortcut
- 径直 jìngzhí straight; directly
- 口径 kǒujìng calibre; diameter; official line
- 路径 lùjìng path; route
- 直径 zhíjìng diameter