属 shǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- Made of
- 尸 body, corpse 禹 legendary Hsia dynasty founder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
属相
shǔxiàng
Chinese zodiac animal; birth sign
Characters in this word
相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在传统习俗中，很多长辈会先问孩子的属相，再推算出生年份。 Zài chuántǒng xísú zhōng, hěn duō zhǎngbèi huì xiān wèn háizi de shǔxiàng, zài tuīsuàn chūshēng niánfèn. In traditional customs, many elders first ask a child's zodiac animal and then infer the year of birth.
- 爷爷能从属相一眼猜出别人的年龄，真厉害。 Yéye néng cóng shǔxiàng yīyǎn cāi chū biérén de niánlíng, zhēn lìhai. Grandpa can guess a person's age at a glance from their zodiac animal — really impressive.
- 婚礼前，长辈们先看两个新人的属相合不合。 Hūnlǐ qián, zhǎngbèimen xiān kàn liǎng gè xīnrén de shǔxiàng hé bù hé. Before the wedding, the elders first check whether the couple's zodiac animals get along.
Related words
- 家属 jiāshǔ family members
- 属 shǔ to be born in the year of
- 属于 shǔyú to belong to
- 金属 jīnshǔ metal
- 亲属 qīnshǔ relative
- 附属 fùshǔ attached; affiliated; subordinate
- 归属 guīshǔ to belong to; affiliation
- 属性 shǔxìng attribute; property; quality
- 所属 suǒshǔ affiliated; subordinate; belonging to
- 下属 xiàshǔ subordinate; staff member
- 相同 xiāngtóng same
- 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to trust