HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
牛奶
Cow's milk (Milk)
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 牛奶 look like this?
牛 (niú) is the radical itself, depicting a cow with horns. 奶 (nǎi) consists of 女 (woman) + 乃 (a phonetic component that also looks like a nursing breast). Together, they represent 'cow' + 'milk/breast' = cow's milk!