插 chā
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 臿 to separate the grain from the husk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
插图
chātú
illustration
Characters in this word
图 tú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这本教材的插图并非装饰，而是用来解释复杂结构的。 Zhè běn jiàocái de chātú bìngfēi zhuāngshì, ér shì yòng lái jiěshì fùzá jiégòu de. The illustrations in this textbook are not decorative; they are used to explain complex structures.
- 这本童话书里有很多漂亮的插图。 Zhè běn tónghuà shū lǐ yǒu hěn duō piàoliang de chātú. This fairy-tale book has many beautiful illustrations.
- 画家正在为新书画插图。 Huàjiā zhèngzài wèi xīn shū huà chātú. The painter is drawing illustrations for a new book.
Related words
- 插 chā to insert; to plug in
- 插座 chāzuò socket, outlet
- 插曲 chāqǔ episode; interlude; minor incident
- 插手 chāshǒu to interfere; to intervene
- 插嘴 chāzuǐ to interrupt; to butt in
- 地图 dìtú map
- 图书馆 túshūguǎn library
- 图片 túpiàn picture
- 图 tú picture; drawing
- 图画 túhuà picture; drawing
- 图案 tú'àn pattern
- 试图 shìtú to try to