皇 huáng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
皇宫
huánggōng
imperial palace
Characters in this word
宫 gōng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 吕 a musical note
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这座皇宫历经数百年修缮，仍保留着严整的中轴布局。 Zhè zuò huánggōng lìjīng shù bǎi nián xiūshàn, réng bǎoliú zhe yánzhěng de zhōngzhóu bùjú. After centuries of restoration, this imperial palace still retains a strict central-axis layout.
- 游客们排着队，参观这座古老的皇宫。 Yóukèmen pái zhe duì, cānguān zhè zuò gǔlǎo de huánggōng. Tourists queue up to visit this ancient imperial palace.
- 童话故事里的公主住在一座漂亮的皇宫里。 Tónghuà gùshi lǐ de gōngzhǔ zhù zài yí zuò piàoliang de huánggōng lǐ. The princess in the fairy tale lives in a beautiful palace.