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
核能
hénéng
nuclear energy
Characters in this word
能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在减排压力日益上升的背景下，核能再次成为政策辩论的焦点。 Zài jiǎnpái yālì rìyì shàngshēng de bèijǐng xià, hénéng zàicì chéngwéi zhèngcè biànlùn de jiāodiǎn. Against the backdrop of growing pressure to cut emissions, nuclear energy has once again become the focus of policy debate.
- 核能发电不排放二氧化碳，但需要严格管理。 Hénéng fādiàn bù pàifàng èryǎnghuàtàn, dàn xūyào yángé guǎnlǐ. Nuclear power generation emits no carbon dioxide, but requires strict management.
- 科学家们正在研究如何更安全地利用核能。 Kēxuéjiāmen zhèngzài yánjiū rúhé gèng ānquán de lìyòng hénéng. Scientists are studying how to use nuclear energy more safely.
Related words
- 考核 kǎohé assessment
- 核心 héxīn core
- 核 hé nucleus; nuclear
- 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
- 核实 héshí to verify; to check
- 核桃 hétao walnut
- 核武器 héwǔqì nuclear weapon
- 审核 shěnhé to review; to verify
- 能 néng can, to be able to
- 可能 kěnéng possibly; may