strokes of a Chinese character; stroke count
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
stroke (of a Chinese character)
Refers to the fundamental, single-motion components used to write Chinese characters. Essential knowledge for character learning and dictionary lookup.
Hàn汉
zì字
“
rén人
”
zhǐ只
yǒu有
liǎng两
bǐ笔
huà划
。
The Chinese character '人' has only two strokes.
Xué学
xí习
hàn汉
zì字
shí时
，
yào要
xiān先
liàn练
xí习
jī基
běn本
de的
bǐ笔
huà划
。
When learning Chinese characters, you should first practice the basic strokes.
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Yǒng永
zì字
bā八
fǎ法
zǒng总
jié结
le了
bā八
zhǒng种
zhòng重
yào要
de的
bǐ笔
huà划
。
The Eight Principles of Yong summarizes eight important strokes.
noun
stroke count; number of strokes
Used for indexing characters in dictionaries or for describing character complexity.
Zì字
diǎn典
tōng通
cháng常
àn按
bǐ笔
huà划
shù数
lái来
pái排
liè列
hàn汉
zì字
。
Dictionaries usually arrange Chinese characters by their stroke count.
“
ài爱
”
zì字
de的
bǐ笔
huà划
bǐ比
jiào较
duō多
，
yǒu有
shí十
huà划
。
The character '爱' has a relatively high stroke count, with ten strokes.
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Tā他
zhèng正
zài在
chá查
zhè这
ge个
shēng生
zì字
de的
bǐ笔
huà划
。
He is looking up the stroke count of this unfamiliar character.