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觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
觜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

觜 Stroke Order — How to Write 觜

Stroke Order

觜 is written in 13 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 角, 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.

觜 Radical and Character Components

Components:此角

觜 is a phono-semantic compound: 角 (horn) carries the meaning, while 此 indicates the sound.

Radical: 角 + 6 more strokes

觜 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • zī
  • zuǐ

Meanings of 觜 in Chinese

1

zī觜

Zī is a constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy.
觜宿是西方白虎七宿的第五宿。
Zī Mansion is the fifth mansion of the White Tiger's Seven Mansions in the West.
Feathery tufts or horns on the head of an owl or similar birds.
猫头鹰头上的两撮毛角，就叫做'觜'。
The two feathery tufts on an owl's head are called 'zī'.
2

zuǐ觜

Equivalent to '嘴' (zuǐ), referring to a mouth or a beak.
小鸟张开小觜，等着妈妈喂食
The little bird opened its small beak, waiting for its mother to be fed.

Words with 觜

Idioms with 觜

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Questions about 觜

What does 觜 mean in Chinese?

觜 (zī) means “Zī is a constellation” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 觜?

觜 has 2 pronunciations: zī, zuǐ.

How many strokes does 觜 have?

觜 has 13 strokes.

How do you write 觜?

觜 is written in 13 strokes, starting from the radical 角. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 觜?

The radical of 觜 is 角, and 觜 is a phono-semantic compound.