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儡 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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儡 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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儡 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
儡 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

儡 Stroke Order — How to Write 儡

Stroke Order

儡 is written in 17 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 亻, 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.

儡 Radical and Character Components

Components:亻畾

儡 is a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (person) carries the meaning, while 畾 indicates the sound.

Radical: 亻 + 15 more strokes

儡 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • lěi

Meanings of 儡 in Chinese

1

lěi儡

Used as part of the compound word "傀儡" (kuǐlěi), which means puppet or dummy.
他只是一个被操纵的傀儡。
He is merely a manipulated puppet.

Words with 儡

  • kuí傀lěi儡Puppet, Stooge
  • duī堆lěi儡pile up, rampart
  • pí疲lěi儡bù不kān堪exhausted, worn out

Idioms with 儡

  • kuǐ傀lěi儡dēng登chǎng场A puppet takes the stage
  • xiàn线chōu抽kuǐ傀lěi儡puppet on a string

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Questions about 儡

What does 儡 mean in Chinese?

儡 (lěi) means “Used as part of the compound word "傀儡" (kuǐlěi), which means puppet or dummy” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 儡?

儡 is pronounced lěi in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 儡 have?

儡 has 17 strokes.

How do you write 儡?

儡 is written in 17 strokes, starting from the radical 亻. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 儡?

The radical of 儡 is 亻, and 儡 is a phono-semantic compound.

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