元 yuán
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
元素
yuánsù
element
Characters in this word
素 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 信任是团队合作中不可缺少的元素。 Xìnrèn shì tuánduì hézuò zhōng bùkě quēshǎo de yuánsù. Trust is an essential element in teamwork.
- 这幅画包含了很多传统文化元素。 Zhè fú huà bāohán le hěn duō chuántǒng wénhuà yuánsù. This painting contains many traditional cultural elements.
- 水是由氢元素和氧元素组成的。 Shuǐ shì yóu qīng yuánsù hé yǎng yuánsù zǔchéng de. Water is made up of the elements hydrogen and oxygen.
Related words
- 元 yuán yuan
- 单元 dānyuán unit; section
- 美元 měiyuán US dollar
- 公元 gōngyuán Common Era
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 多元 duōyuán diverse, pluralistic
- 元宵 yuánxiāo sweet dumplings, Yuanxiao
- 元老 yuánlǎo senior figure; elder statesman; veteran
- 元首 yuánshǒu head of state
- 状元 zhuàngyuan top candidate in the imperial examinations; top scorer
- 朴素 pǔsù simple, plain
- 素质 sùzhì quality, caliber