辫 biàn
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
辫子
biànzi
braid; plait; pigtail
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 她把长发编成辫子，在风里显得格外利落。 Tā bǎ chángfà biān chéng biànzi, zài fēng lǐ xiǎnde géwài lìluo. She braided her long hair, making her look especially neat and brisk in the wind.
- 小女孩扎着两条长长的辫子，一跑起来就晃来晃去。 Xiǎo nǚhái zhāzhe liǎng tiáo chángcháng de biànzi, yì pǎo qǐlái jiù huàng lái huàng qù. The little girl wears two long braids that swing back and forth as soon as she runs.
- 妈妈每天早上都帮我梳辫子，然后送我去上学。 Māma měitiān zǎoshang dōu bāng wǒ shū biànzi, ránhòu sòng wǒ qù shàngxué. Every morning Mum braids my hair and then sends me off to school.