打招呼 (dǎ zhāo hu)

Character breakdown

• 打 (dá) · 5 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

• 招 (zhāo) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

• 呼 (hū) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乎 represents the sound.