年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
年轮
niánlún
tree rings; annual rings
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 科研人员通过年轮判断干旱在过去几个世纪中的变化规律。 Kēyán rényuán tōngguò niánlún pànduàn gānhàn zài guòqù jǐ ge shìjì zhōng de biànhuà guīlǜ. Researchers use tree rings to determine patterns of drought over the past several centuries.
- 树桩上的年轮越密，说明这棵树长得越慢。 Shùzhuāng shàng de niánlún yuè mì, shuōmíng zhè kē shù zhǎng de yuè màn. The denser the rings on a stump, the slower the tree grew.
- 数一数年轮，就能知道这棵树有多少岁。 Shǔ yi shǔ niánlún, jiù néng zhīdào zhè kē shù yǒu duōshao suì. Count the rings and you can tell how old this tree is.