结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
结晶
jiéjīng
crystallisation; crystal; product of effort
Characters in this word
晶 jīng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部词典是几代学者共同努力的结晶，不能只以销量衡量其价值。 Zhè bù cídiǎn shì jǐ dài xuézhě gòngtóng nǔlì de jiéjīng, bù néng zhǐ yǐ xiāoliàng héngliang qí jiàzhí. This dictionary is the product of several generations of scholars' joint efforts and cannot be valued only by sales figures.
- 盐水晒干以后，会留下白色的结晶。 Yánshuǐ shàigān yǐhòu, huì liúxià báisè de jiéjīng. After salt water dries in the sun, white crystals are left behind.
- 这座桥是工人们智慧和汗水的结晶。 Zhè zuò qiáo shì gōngrénmen zhìhuì hé hànshuǐ de jiéjīng. This bridge is the fruit of the workers' wisdom and sweat.