不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不慎
búshèn
careless; inadvertently
Characters in this word
慎 shèn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 真 real, actual, true, genuine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 司机不慎驶入封闭路段，导致施工现场一度停工。 Sījī búshèn shǐrù fēngbì lùduàn, dǎozhì shīgōng xiànchǎng yídù tínggōng. The driver inadvertently entered a closed section of road, causing the construction site to halt temporarily.
- 他不慎把手机掉进了水里，再也打不开了。 Tā búshèn bǎ shǒujī diào jìn le shuǐ lǐ, zài yě dǎ bù kāi le. He carelessly dropped his phone into the water, and it would never turn on again.
- 孩子不慎打翻了桌上的牛奶，弄湿了地毯。 Háizi búshèn dǎfān le zhuō shang de niúnǎi, nòngshī le dìtǎn. The child accidentally knocked over the milk on the table and soaked the carpet.