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Mythic Mandarin

有意思 (yǒu yì si): meaning and stroke order

有意思 (yǒu yì si) means interesting, meaningful, enjoyable, fun.

有意思

Simplified
有意思
Traditional
有意思 (same form)
Pinyin
yǒu yì si

Stroke order of 有意思

有

  • yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

意

  • Yì Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
  • yì idea; meaning
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

思

  • sī to think; to consider
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 有意思

  1. yǒu yì si
    • interesting
    • meaningful
    • enjoyable
    • fun

Radicals of the characters

有
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 6 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 月
意
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 音 on top, 心 below
思
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 9 strokes · 田 on top, 心 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).