Ideographic: A tally 丨 of people 人Radical:

meaning for :

  • - individual
  • - this
  • - that
  • - size
  • - classifier for people or objects in generalindividual
  • - personal
  • - oneselfevery
  • - various
  • - separately, one by onewhole
  • - entire
  • - totalindividualindividual
  • - specific
  • - respective
  • - just one or two

wǒyǒu我有
píngguǒ苹果

I have four apples.


wǒmen我们
yǒu
xuésheng学生

We have eight students.


shì
lǎoshī老师

He is a teacher.


mǎile买了
xīndiànnǎo新电脑

He bought a new computer.


yìkǒuqì一口气
chī
le
xīguā西瓜

He ate four watermelons in one go.