案 àn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
案件
ànjiàn
case; legal case
Characters in this word
件 jiàn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这起案件涉及跨境资金流动，调查周期可能比公众预期更长。 Zhè qǐ ànjiàn shèjí kuàjìng zījīn liúdòng, diàochá zhōuqī kěnéng bǐ gōngzhòng yùqī gèng cháng. This case involves cross-border capital flows, so the investigation period may be longer than the public expects.
- 警察花了三个月才破了这起案件。 Jǐngchá huā le sān gè yuè cái pò le zhè qǐ ànjiàn. It took the police three months to solve this case.
- 法院今天上午审理了一起盗窃案件。 Fǎyuàn jīntiān shàngwǔ shěnlǐ le yì qǐ dàoqiè ànjiàn. This morning the court heard a theft case.
Related words
- 答案 dá'àn answer
- 方案 fāng'àn plan
- 图案 tú'àn pattern
- 案例 ànlì case, example
- 档案 dàng'àn file, record
- 报案 bào'àn to report a case to the police
- 草案 cǎo'àn draft; draft proposal
- 个案 gè'àn individual case; specific case
- 立案 lì'àn to register a case; to file a case
- 破案 pò'àn to solve a criminal case
- 件 jiàn a measure word for clothes and things
- 条件 tiáojiàn condition