温 wēn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 昷 warm, a warm meal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
温柔
wēnróu
gentle, tender
Characters in this word
柔 róu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她说话温柔，却很有原则。 Tā shuōhuà wēnróu, què hěn yǒu yuánzé. She speaks gently, yet she has strong principles.
- 妈妈用温柔的声音哄孩子睡觉。 Māma yòng wēnróu de shēngyīn hǒng háizi shuìjiào. Mom coaxes the child to sleep in a gentle voice.
- 他对小动物总是很温柔，从不大声吓它们。 Tā duì xiǎo dòngwù zǒngshì hěn wēnróu, cóng bù dàshēng xià tāmen. He is always tender with small animals and never scares them with a loud voice.
Related words
- 气温 qìwēn air temperature
- 温度 wēndù temperature
- 温暖 wēnnuǎn warm
- 降温 jiàngwēn to cool down
- 高温 gāowēn high temperature; hot weather
- 温和 wēnhé gentle; mild
- 常温 chángwēn room temperature
- 温差 wēnchà temperature difference
- 温带 wēndài temperate zone; temperate
- 温度计 wēndùjì thermometer
- 温泉 wēnquán hot spring
- 温室 wēnshì greenhouse