核 hé
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
核
hé
nucleus; nuclear
Character
Example phrases
- 显微镜下，细胞核的边界清晰可见。 Xiǎnwēijìng xià, xìbāo hé de biānjiè qīngxī kějiàn. Under the microscope, the boundary of the cell nucleus is clearly visible.
- 原子核很小，只有用特殊仪器才能研究。 Yuánzǐhé hěn xiǎo, zhǐyǒu yòng tèshū yíqì cái néng yánjiū. The atomic nucleus is tiny and can only be studied with special instruments.
- 桃子里面的核很硬，小心别咬到。 Táozi lǐmiàn de hé hěn yìng, xiǎoxīn bié yǎo dào. The pit inside a peach is hard, so be careful not to bite it.
Related words
- 考核 kǎohé assessment
- 核心 héxīn core
- 核查 héchá to verify; to investigate; to check
- 核电站 hédiànzhàn nuclear power plant
- 核对 héduì to check against; to verify by comparison
- 核能 hénéng nuclear energy
- 核实 héshí to verify; to check
- 核桃 hétao walnut
- 核武器 héwǔqì nuclear weapon
- 审核 shěnhé to review; to verify
- 沉淀 chéndiàn to settle; sedimentation; to accumulate
- 钙 gài calcium