口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
口径
kǒujìng
calibre; diameter; official line
Characters in this word
径 jìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 各部门必须统一统计口径，否则数据无法比较。 Gè bùmén bìxū tǒngyī tǒngjì kǒujìng, fǒuzé shùjù wúfǎ bǐjiào. All departments must use the same statistical criteria; otherwise, the data cannot be compared.
- 这根水管的口径太小，水流不大。 Zhè gēn shuǐguǎn de kǒujìng tài xiǎo, shuǐliú bú dà. The diameter of this water pipe is too small, so the water flow is weak.
- 两家公司的统计口径不同，所以数字对不上。 Liǎng jiā gōngsī de tǒngjì kǒujìng bù tóng, suǒyǐ shùzì duì bú shàng. The two companies count by different criteria, so the figures do not match.