有的 (yǒu de)

Character breakdown

• 有 (yǒu) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a hand (又) holding meat (肉). In Oracle script this character was written the same as the phonetically similar 又, but later the 肉 component was added to distinguish them.

• 的 (de) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 白 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bright".

Example sentences

1. 这是常有的事。 — This happens all the time.
2. 我节约我有的钱。 — I save what money I got.
3. 有的时候，Dennis很任性。 — Dennis can be very wild sometimes.
4. 有的，先生你有几位？ — Yes, there are. How many of you are there, Sir?
5. “没门儿！”　“有的，有门儿。” — "No way!" "Yes, yes way."

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