凳 dèng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 几 — small table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凳子
dèngzi
stool; small bench
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 会议室临时多摆了几排凳子，好让旁听的居民也能参加讨论。 Huìyìshì línshí duō bǎi le jǐ pái dèngzi, hǎo ràng pángtīng de jūmín yě néng cānjiā tǎolùn. The meeting room was temporarily given several extra rows of stools so that residents observing the meeting could also join the discussion.
- 他搬了一个凳子坐在门口晒太阳。 Tā bān le yí ge dèngzi zuò zài ménkǒu shài tàiyáng. He carried a stool to the doorway and sat in the sun.
- 孩子站在小凳子上才够得着水龙头。 Háizi zhàn zài xiǎo dèngzi shàng cái gòu de zháo shuǐlóngtóu. The child has to stand on a small stool to reach the tap.