状 zhuàng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犬 — dog
- Made of
- 丬 half of tree trunk 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
状元
zhuàngyuan
top candidate in the imperial examinations; top scorer
Characters in this word
元 yuán
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他考上状元后并没有脱离乡里，反而利用声望推动地方教育。 Tā kǎo shàng zhuàngyuan hòu bìng méiyǒu tuōlí xiānglǐ, fǎn'ér lìyòng shēngwàng tuīdòng dìfāng jiàoyù. After becoming the top scholar, he did not distance himself from his hometown, but used his reputation to promote local education.
- 他高考考了全省状元，全家人都为他高兴。 Tā gāokǎo kǎo le quán shěng zhuàngyuan, quán jiārén dōu wèi tā gāoxìng. He scored the highest in the whole province on the entrance exam, and the whole family was happy for him.
- 村里出了个状元，大家都来他家道贺。 Cūn lǐ chū le ge zhuàngyuan, dàjiā dōu lái tā jiā dàohè. The village produced a top scorer, and everyone came to his home to congratulate him.
Related words
- 形状 xíngzhuàng shape
- 状况 zhuàngkuàng situation
- 状态 zhuàngtài state; condition
- 现状 xiànzhuàng current situation
- 症状 zhèngzhuàng symptom
- 告状 gàozhuàng to complain to a superior; to tell tales
- 元 yuán yuan
- 单元 dānyuán unit; section
- 美元 měiyuán US dollar
- 公元 gōngyuán Common Era
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 多元 duōyuán diverse, pluralistic