司 sī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
司空见惯
sīkōngjiànguàn
commonplace; nothing unusual
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
惯 guàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 贯 to pierce, to string up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在南方，冬天下小雨是司空见惯的事。 Zài nánfāng, dōngtiān xià xiǎo yǔ shì sīkōngjiànguàn de shì. In the south, light rain in winter is a commonplace occurrence.
- 地铁里人人低头看手机，这样的情景早已司空见惯。 Dìtiě lǐ rénrén dītóu kàn shǒujī, zhèyàng de qíngjǐng zǎoyǐ sīkōngjiànguàn. On the metro everyone looks down at their phones; such a sight has long been taken for granted.
- 老顾客对商店的打折活动司空见惯，不再觉得新鲜。 Lǎo gùkè duì shāngdiàn de dǎzhé huódòng sīkōngjiànguàn, bù zài juéde xīnxiān. Regular customers are so used to the store's discount events that they no longer find them novel.