照 zhào
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 昭 bright, luminous 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
照射
zhàoshè
to shine on; to irradiate; to illuminate
Characters in this word
射 shè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 阳光照射着湖面，景色非常美丽。 Yángguāng zhàoshèzhe húmiàn, jǐngsè fēicháng měilì. Sunlight shone on the lake; the scenery was very beautiful.
- 强光直接照射眼睛，很容易伤害视力。 Qiángguāng zhíjiē zhàoshè yǎnjīng, hěn róngyì shānghài shìlì. Strong light shining directly into the eyes can easily damage one's eyesight.
- 中午太阳照射沙滩，我们把伞撑了起来。 Zhōngwǔ tàiyáng zhàoshè shātān, wǒmen bǎ sǎn chēngle qǐlái. At noon the sun was beating down on the beach, so we put up an umbrella.
Related words
- 护照 hùzhào passport
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 照片 zhàopiàn photo
- 照相 zhàoxiàng to take a photo
- 按照 ànzhào according to
- 照 zhào to shine on; to take a photo
- 拍照 pāizhào to take photos
- 驾照 jiàzhào driver's license
- 依照 yīzhào according to
- 照明 zhàomíng lighting
- 参照 cānzhào to refer to; by reference to
- 对照 duìzhào to compare; to check against; contrast