袖 xiù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
袖子
xiùzi
sleeve
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他把袖子卷起来，亲自帮老人搬运箱子。 Tā bǎ xiùzi juǎn qǐlai, qīnzì bāng lǎorén bānyùn xiāngzi. He rolled up his sleeves and personally helped the old man move the boxes.
- 这件衬衫的袖子太长了，需要剪短一点儿。 Zhè jiàn chènshān de xiùzi tài cháng le, xūyào jiǎn duǎn yìdiǎnr. The sleeves of this shirt are too long and need to be cut a little shorter.
- 孩子玩得很开心，袖子上沾满了泥巴。 Háizi wán de hěn kāixīn, xiùzi shàng zhān mǎn le níba. The child had so much fun playing that his sleeves got covered in mud.