轮 lún
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- Made of
- 车 cart, vehicle 仑 logical reasons, logical order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
轮廓
lúnkuò
outline; contour
Characters in this word
廓 kuò
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 郭 city limits
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 黎明时分，远山的轮廓在雾气中逐渐清晰。 Límíng shífēn, yuǎnshān de lúnkuò zài wùqì zhōng zhújiàn qīngxī. At daybreak, the outline of the distant mountains gradually became clear in the mist.
- 他用铅笔先画出人物的轮廓，再慢慢涂颜色。 Tā yòng qiānbǐ xiān huà chū rénwù de lúnkuò, zài mànmàn tú yánsè. He first sketches the outline of the figure in pencil, then slowly adds the colour.
- 夜里，窗外的树只剩下一个黑色的轮廓。 Yè lǐ, chuāng wài de shù zhǐ shèngxià yí ge hēisè de lúnkuò. At night the tree outside the window was just a black outline.
Related words
- 轮 lún turn
- 轮船 lúnchuán steamship
- 轮椅 lúnyǐ wheelchair
- 轮子 lúnzi wheel
- 轮流 lúnliú to take turns
- 轮换 lúnhuàn to rotate; to take turns
- 轮胎 lúntāi tyre; tire
- 年轮 niánlún tree rings; annual rings
- 棱角 léngjiǎo edges and corners; sharpness of character
- 倾斜 qīngxié to tilt; to incline; to slope
- 交叉 jiāochā to intersect; to cross
- 曲折 qūzhé winding; complicated; tortuous