梯 tī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
梯子
tīzi
ladder
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 仓库没有合适的梯子，维修人员只好临时搭建脚手架。 Cāngkù méiyǒu héshì de tīzi, wéixiū rényuán zhǐhǎo línshí dājiàn jiǎoshǒujià. The warehouse had no suitable ladder, so the maintenance workers had to temporarily put up scaffolding.
- 他搬来一把梯子，爬上屋顶清理落叶。 Tā bān lái yī bǎ tīzi, pá shàng wūdǐng qīnglǐ luòyè. He brought over a ladder, climbed onto the roof and cleared away the fallen leaves.
- 请扶稳梯子，我要取下墙上的那幅画。 Qǐng fú wěn tīzi, wǒ yào qǔxià qiáng shang de nà fú huà. Please hold the ladder steady; I want to take down that picture from the wall.