不可思议 (bù kě sī yì)

Character breakdown

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 可 (kě) · 5 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and the right component, which is a pictograph of an axe handle (now written as 柯), represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "sing", now wri…

• 思 (sī) · 9 strokes

  Thought is associated with the head (囟) and heart (心). 囟 is also a phonetic component.

• 议 (yì) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 議. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 义 represents the sound.

Usage

这件事真是太不可思议了！

inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable

zhè jiàn shì zhēn shì tài bù kě sī yì le ！