







搀 is written in 12 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 扌, 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.
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Radical: 扌 + 9 more strokes
chān搀

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Open the tool →搀 (chān) means “To support or help someone by the arm, often when walking” in Chinese.
搀 is pronounced chān in Mandarin Chinese.
搀 has 12 strokes.
搀 is written in 12 strokes, starting from the radical 扌. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 搀 is 扌, and 搀 is a phono-semantic compound.
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