激 jī
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 敫 ancient musical instrument
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
激素
jīsù
hormone
Characters in this word
素 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 长期滥用激素类药物，会破坏人体自身的调节机制。 Chángqī lànyòng jīsù lèi yàowù, huì pòhuài réntǐ zìshēn de tiáojié jīzhì. Long-term misuse of hormone-based medicines can damage the body's own regulatory mechanisms.
- 青春期的身体会分泌更多激素。 Qīngchūnqī de shēntǐ huì fēnmì gèng duō jīsù. During puberty the body secretes more hormones.
- 医生建议她检查一下体内的激素水平。 Yīshēng jiànyì tā jiǎnchá yíxià tǐnèi de jīsù shuǐpíng. The doctor advised her to have her hormone levels checked.
Related words
- 刺激 cìjī exciting; to stimulate
- 激动 jīdòng excited
- 激烈 jīliè intense
- 感激 gǎnjī to appreciate, to be grateful
- 激发 jīfā to inspire, to stimulate
- 激励 jīlì to encourage, to motivate
- 激情 jīqíng passion, enthusiasm
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir
- 激光 jīguāng laser
- 激化 jīhuà to intensify; to sharpen; to escalate
- 激活 jīhuó to activate; to stimulate
- 激起 jīqǐ to arouse; to stir up; to cause