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Word and Radical Components of 乐队

The Chinese word 乐队 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
乐队	yuèduì	1. n. (musical) band

乐队 ⇨ 乐 + 队

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
乐	lào	1. (Used in placenames.)
		樂Lào亭 - (Laoting County, Hebei Province)
		樂Lào陵 - (Laoling, Shandong Province)
	liáo	樂liáo饑jī - to appease one's hunger
队	duì	1. group; team
		樂隊 - (musical) band
		2. (military) army unit
		軍隊 - army
		自衛隊 - self-defense forces
		3. Short for 少年先鋒隊 ((Young Pioneers of China))

队 ⇨ 阝 + 人

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
阜	fù	1. mound
阜		2. abundant, ample, numerous
人	rén	1. usage. In print, 人 may have symmetric legs. However in handwriting, to distinguish from 入, the right leg will be shorter, the shape looking like a ʎ; in 入 the left leg is shorter.
		2. man; person; people
		3. human being (Homo sapiens)
		4. body
		5. everybody; everyone
		6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
		7. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
		8. manpower; worker; employee