阳 yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
阳历
yánglì
solar calendar; Gregorian calendar
Characters in this word
历 lì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 合同中的付款日期按阳历计算，不按农历节气顺延。 Hétong zhōng de fùkuǎn rìqī àn yánglì jìsuàn, bù àn nónglì jiéqì shùnyán. The payment dates in the contract are calculated by the Gregorian calendar and are not postponed according to lunar solar terms.
- 我的生日是阳历三月五号，妈妈每年都做蛋糕。 Wǒ de shēngrì shì yánglì sānyuè wǔ hào, māma měi nián dōu zuò dàn'gāo. My birthday is March fifth on the solar calendar; every year my mother makes a cake.
- 公司规定，阳历新年全体员工放假三天。 Gōngsī guīdìng, yánglì xīnnián quán tǐ yuángōng fàngjià sān tiān. The company rules say that all employees get three days off for the solar New Year.