Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
报
报bào
Strokes
7
Radical
扌 — hand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
这张海报没有堆砌口号,却用一个空座位暗示了战争的代价。Zhè zhāng hǎibào méiyǒu duīqì kǒuhào, què yòng yí ge kōng zuòwèi ànshì le zhànzhēng de dàijià.This poster does not pile up slogans, but uses an empty seat to imply the cost of war.
墙上贴着一张电影海报,上面画着一只大熊猫。Qiáng shang tiēzhe yì zhāng diànyǐng hǎibào, shàngmiàn huàzhe yì zhī dàxióngmāo.A movie poster is pasted on the wall, with a giant panda drawn on it.
同学们一起设计了一张环保海报。Tóngxuémen yìqǐ shèjì le yì zhāng huánbǎo hǎibào.The classmates designed an environmental poster together.