郊 jiāo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 交 to connect 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
郊游
jiāoyóu
to go on an outing; excursion
Characters in this word
游 yóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斿 to swim
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学校把郊游设计成一次生态调查，而不是单纯的户外娱乐。 Xuéxiào bǎ jiāoyóu shèjì chéng yí cì shēngtài diàochá, ér bú shì dānchún de hùwài yúlè. The school designed the outing as an ecological survey rather than simple outdoor entertainment.
- 春天到了，我们全家打算周末去郊游。 Chūntiān dào le, wǒmen quánjiā dǎsuàn zhōumò qù jiāoyóu. Spring has arrived, and our whole family plans to go on an outing at the weekend.
- 郊游的时候，孩子们在草地上野餐、放风筝。 Jiāoyóu de shíhou, háizimen zài cǎodì shang yěcān, fàng fēngzheng. On the outing, the children had a picnic on the grass and flew kites.