繁 fán
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 敏 fast, quick 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
繁体字
fántǐzì
traditional Chinese characters
Characters in this word
字 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- Made of
- 宀 roof 子 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 研究早期报刊时，学生必须具备阅读繁体字的能力。 Yánjiū zǎoqī bàokān shí, xuésheng bìxū jùbèi yuèdú fántǐzì de nénglì. When studying early newspapers and periodicals, students must have the ability to read traditional Chinese characters.
- 老书上的字多半是繁体字，我读起来有点吃力。 Lǎo shū shang de zì duōbàn shì fántǐzì, wǒ dú qǐlái yǒudiǎn chīlì. Most characters in old books are traditional, and I find them a bit hard to read.
- 书法老师让我们练习写繁体字。 Shūfǎ lǎoshī ràng wǒmen liànxí xiě fántǐzì. The calligraphy teacher had us practise writing traditional characters.
Related words
- 繁荣 fánróng prosperous; thriving
- 频繁 pínfán frequent
- 繁忙 fánmáng busy
- 繁殖 fánzhí to breed, to reproduce
- 繁多 fánduō numerous and varied
- 繁华 fánhuá prosperous; bustling
- 繁衍 fányǎn to reproduce; to propagate
- 繁杂 fánzá numerous and complicated
- 繁重 fánzhòng heavy; burdensome
- 身体 shēntǐ body; health
- 全体 quántǐ all; everyone present
- 体育 tǐyù sports