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稠密

chóumì

dense; thick

Tightly packed green trees with a small red bird on a branch.
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Characters in this word

稠 chóu

Strokes
13
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 周 Zhou dynasty
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

密 mì

Strokes
11
Radical
宀 — roof
Made of
宓 quiet, silent, still 山 mountain, hill, peak
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这片森林植被稠密,卫星图像也难以识别地面的临时营地。 Zhè piàn sēnlín zhíbèi chóumì, wèixīng túxiàng yě nányǐ shíbié dìmiàn de línshí yíngdì. The vegetation in this forest is so dense that even satellite images struggle to identify temporary camps on the ground.
  • 这个地区人口稠密,交通非常拥挤。 Zhège dìqū rénkǒu chóumì, jiāotōng fēicháng yōngjǐ. This area is densely populated and the traffic is very congested.
  • 夏天树叶稠密,坐在树下特别凉快。 Xiàtiān shùyè chóumì, zuò zài shù xià tèbié liángkuai. In summer the foliage is dense and it's especially cool sitting under the tree.

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