皇 huáng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
皇室
huángshì
royal family; imperial household
Characters in this word
室 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 至 reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 皇室档案为研究近代外交礼仪提供了珍贵材料。 Huángshì dàng'àn wèi yánjiū jìndài wàijiāo lǐyí tígōng le zhēnguì cáiliào. Royal archives provide valuable materials for studying modern diplomatic etiquette.
- 皇室成员的婚礼吸引了很多记者。 Huángshì chéngyuán de hūnlǐ xīyǐn le hěn duō jìzhě. The wedding of a member of the royal family attracted many reporters.
- 这座古堡曾经是皇室的夏季住所。 Zhè zuò gǔbǎo céngjīng shì huángshì de xiàjì zhùsuǒ. This old castle used to be the royal family's summer residence.