荷 hé
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 何 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
荷花
héhuā
lotus flower
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 夏日清晨，池塘里的荷花在薄雾中显得格外清雅。 Xiàrì qīngchén, chítáng li de héhuā zài bówù zhōng xiǎnde géwài qīngyǎ. On a summer morning, the lotus flowers in the pond look especially elegant in the thin mist.
- 池塘里开满了粉红的荷花，蜻蜓停在花上。 Chítáng li kāi mǎn le fěnhóng de héhuā, qīngtíng tíng zài huā shang. The pond is full of pink lotus flowers, with a dragonfly resting on one.
- 外婆最喜欢画荷花，画里总有绿色的荷叶。 Wàipó zuì xǐhuan huà héhuā, huà li zǒng yǒu lǜsè de héyè. Grandma loves painting lotus flowers best, and her paintings always have green lotus leaves.