柏 拉 图 哲 学

Bólātúzhéxué

Platonism

Traditional 柏拉圖哲學

Meaning

Bólātúzhéxuébo2 la1 tu2 zhe2 xue2

9 strokes

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Bó · cypress, cedar

Radical 木 · 9 strokes · Parts 木白

Pictophonetic: tree

lā · to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

Radical 扌 · 8 strokes · Parts 扌立

Pictophonetic: hand

tú · diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan

Radical 囗 · 8 strokes · Parts 囗冬

Ideographic: Simplified form of 圖; a map of a district's 啚 borders 囗

zhé · wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher

Radical 口 · 10 strokes · Parts 折口

Pictophonetic: mouth

xué · learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

Radical 子 · 8 strokes · Parts ⺍冖子

Ideographic: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.