帘 lián
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
帘子
liánzi
curtain; screen
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 实验室的帘子必须使用阻燃材料，以免设备短路时扩大火势。 Shíyànshì de liánzi bìxū shǐyòng zǔrán cáiliào, yǐmiǎn shèbèi duǎnlù shí kuòdà huǒshì. The laboratory curtains must use flame-retardant material to avoid spreading a fire if equipment short-circuits.
- 早上我拉开帘子，阳光一下子照了进来。 Zǎoshang wǒ lākāi liánzi, yángguāng yíxiàzi zhào le jìnlái. In the morning I pulled the curtain open and sunlight streamed in.
- 夜里风一吹，窗边的帘子就轻轻晃动起来。 Yè lǐ fēng yì chuī, chuāng biān de liánzi jiù qīngqīng huàngdòng qǐlai. At night when the wind blew, the curtain by the window swayed gently.