







叼 is written in 5 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 口, 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.
叼 is a phono-semantic compound: 口 (mouth) carries the meaning, while 刁 indicates the sound.
Radical: 口 + 2 more strokes
diāo叼

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Open the tool →叼 (diāo) means “to hold or carry something in the mouth” in Chinese.
叼 is pronounced diāo in Mandarin Chinese.
叼 has 5 strokes.
叼 is written in 5 strokes, starting from the radical 口. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 叼 is 口, and 叼 is a phono-semantic compound.
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