打电话 (dǎ diàn huà)

Character breakdown

• 打 (dá) · 5 strokes

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

• 电 (diàn) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 電, which depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨). The 雨 component was deleted for simplification.

• 话 (huà) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 話. Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 打电话。 — Make a call.
2. 打电话回家！ — Call home!
3. 我在打电话。 — I'm on the phone.
4. 打电话回家。 — Ring home.
5. 打电话回家！ — Ring home!

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