泥 ní
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 尼 Buddhist nun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
泥土
nítǔ
soil; earth
Characters in this word
土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 考古人员从器皿表面的泥土成分推断出遗址的年代。 Kǎogǔ rényuán cóng qìmǐn biǎomiàn de nítǔ chéngfèn tuīduàn chū yízhǐ de niándài. Archaeologists inferred the age of the site from the soil composition on the surface of the vessels.
- 孩子们喜欢在花园里玩泥土。 Háizimen xǐhuan zài huāyuán lǐ wán nítǔ. Children like to play with soil in the garden.
- 雨后的泥土散发着一股清新的味道。 Yǔ hòu de nítǔ sànfāzhe yì gǔ qīngxīn de wèidào. After the rain the soil gives off a fresh smell.