


矻 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 石, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
矻 is a phono-semantic compound: 石 (stone) carries the meaning, while 乞 indicates the sound.
Radical: 石 + 3 more strokes
kū矻

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Open the tool →矻 (kū) means “Industrious” in Chinese.
矻 is pronounced kū in Mandarin Chinese.
矻 has 8 strokes.
矻 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 石. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 矻 is 石, and 矻 is a phono-semantic compound.