边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
边疆
biānjiāng
frontier; border region
Characters in this word
疆 jiāng
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他主动申请到边疆任教，希望把优质教育带到更偏远的地区。 Tā zhǔdòng shēnqǐng dào biānjiāng rènjiào, xīwàng bǎ yōuzhì jiàoyù dài dào gèng piānyuǎn de dìqū. He volunteered to teach in a frontier region, hoping to bring quality education to more remote areas.
- 很多年轻人愿意去边疆工作，帮那里修路盖房。 Hěn duō niánqīngrén yuànyì qù biānjiāng gōngzuò, bāng nàlǐ xiū lù gài fáng. Many young people are willing to work in the frontier, helping build roads and houses there.
- 从边疆寄来的信，要走好几天才能到。 Cóng biānjiāng jì lái de xìn, yào zǒu hǎo jǐ tiān cái néng dào. A letter sent from the frontier takes several days to arrive.