统 tǒng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 充 to fill, to supply
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
统治
tǒngzhì
to rule; to govern
Characters in this word
治 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 台 platform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 殖民统治留下的制度痕迹，至今仍影响当地政治结构。 Zhímín tǒngzhì liúxià de zhìdù hénjì, zhìjīn réng yǐngxiǎng dāngdì zhèngzhì jiégòu. The institutional traces left by colonial rule still influence the local political structure today.
- 几百年前，这个王朝统治过这片广大的地区。 Jǐ bǎi nián qián, zhège wángcháo tǒngzhìguò zhè piàn guǎngdà de dìqū. Several hundred years ago, this dynasty once ruled over this vast region.
- 别让手机统治我们的生活。 Bié ràng shǒujī tǒngzhì wǒmen de shēnghuó. Don't let the phone rule our lives.
Related words
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 统计 tǒngjì to count; statistics
- 统一 tǒngyī to unite; to make consistent
- 系统 xìtǒng system
- 总统 zǒngtǒng president
- 笼统 lǒngtǒng vague; general; sweeping
- 统筹 tǒngchóu to plan as a whole; to coordinate
- 统统 tǒngtǒng all; entirely
- 政治 zhèngzhì politics
- 治 zhì to treat; to cure
- 治疗 zhìliáo medical treatment
- 防治 fángzhì to prevent and treat