疯 fēng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 风 wind
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
疯子
fēngzi
madman; lunatic; crazy person
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在当时的同事眼里，他像个疯子，竟然把全部积蓄投入毫无先例的实验。 Zài dāngshí de tóngshì yǎn lǐ, tā xiàng gè fēngzi, jìngrán bǎ quánbù jīxù tóurù háo wú xiānlì de shíyàn. In the eyes of his colleagues at the time, he looked like a madman, putting all his savings into an experiment with no precedent.
- 别人都说他是疯子，他却不在乎。 Biérén dōu shuō tā shì fēngzi, tā què bù zàihu. Everyone said he was crazy, but he did not care.
- 开车那么快的人，简直像个疯子。 Kāichē nàme kuài de rén, jiǎnzhí xiàng gè fēngzi. Someone who drives that fast is practically a lunatic.