清 qīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
清除
qīngchú
to clear away; to remove; to eliminate
Characters in this word
除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 平台必须及时清除虚假信息，否则谣言会迅速扩散。 Píngtái bìxū jíshí qīngchú xūjiǎ xìnxī, fǒuzé yáoyán huì xùnsù kuòsàn. The platform must promptly remove false information, otherwise rumours will spread rapidly.
- 我们每周都会清除一次电脑里的旧文件。 Wǒmen měi zhōu dōu huì qīngchú yí cì diànnǎo lǐ de jiù wénjiàn. Every week we clear out the old files on the computer once.
- 墙上的旧漆得先清除干净，才能重新刷。 Qiáng shàng de jiù qī děi xiān qīngchú gānjìng, cáinéng chóngxīn shuā. The old paint on the wall has to be scrubbed off completely before it can be repainted.