油 yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
油画
yóuhuà
oil painting
Characters in this word
画 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这幅油画的层次很丰富，远看柔和，近看却充满细节。 Zhè fú yóuhuà de céngcì hěn fēngfù, yuǎn kàn róuhé, jìn kàn què chōngmǎn xìjié. This oil painting has rich layers: soft from a distance, yet full of detail up close.
- 他在美术馆买了一幅油画，挂在客厅的墙上。 Tā zài měishùguǎn mǎi le yī fú yóuhuà, guà zài kètīng de qiáng shàng. He bought an oil painting at the art museum and hung it on the living room wall.
- 奶奶退休后自学画油画，作品还参加过展览。 Nǎinai tuìxiū hòu zìxué huà yóuhuà, zuòpǐn hái cānjiā guò zhǎnlǎn. After retiring, grandma taught herself to paint in oils, and her works were even shown at an exhibition.