海 hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 每 each, every
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
海藻
hǎizǎo
seaweed; algae
Characters in this word
藻 zǎo
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 澡 to wash, to bathe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 海藻大量繁殖会消耗水中的氧气，进而影响近海生态。 Hǎizǎo dàliàng fánzhí huì xiāohào shuǐ zhōng de yǎngqì, jìn'ér yǐngxiǎng jìnhǎi shēngtài. A massive growth of algae consumes oxygen in the water and then affects the nearshore ecosystem.
- 海藻可以做汤，也可以凉拌着吃。 Hǎizǎo kěyǐ zuò tāng, yě kěyǐ liángbàn zhe chī. Seaweed can be made into soup or eaten as a cold salad.
- 退潮以后，沙滩上留下了一大片海藻。 Tuìcháo yǐhòu, shātān shang liúxià le yí dà piàn hǎizǎo. After the tide went out, a large patch of seaweed was left on the beach.