火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火箭
huǒjiàn
rocket
Characters in this word
箭 jiàn
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 前 in front, forward
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 民营航天公司计划在沿海发射场试射新一代可回收火箭。 Mínyíng hángtiān gōngsī jìhuà zài yánhǎi fāshèchǎng shìshè xīn yídài kě huíshōu huǒjiàn. The private aerospace company plans to test-launch a new generation of reusable rockets at a coastal launch site.
- 小男孩最大的愿望就是坐火箭去月亮。 Xiǎo nánhái zuì dà de yuànwàng jiù shì zuò huǒjiàn qù yuèliang. The little boy's greatest wish is to ride a rocket to the moon.
- 火箭升空的时候，现场的人们都屏住了呼吸。 Huǒjiàn shēngkōng de shíhou, xiànchǎng de rénmen dōu bǐng zhù le hūxī. When the rocket lifted off, everyone at the site held their breath.
Related words
- 火车 huǒchē train
- 火 huǒ fire
- 火 huǒ popular
- 着火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
- 火柴 huǒchái matches
- 火腿 huǒtuǐ ham
- 火灾 huǒzāi fire
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 点火 diǎnhuǒ to ignite; to light; ignition
- 发火 fāhuǒ to get angry; to lose one's temper
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 红火 hónghuo prosperous; booming; flourishing