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掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
掴 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

掴 Stroke Order — How to Write 掴

Stroke Order

掴 is written in 11 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.

掴 Radical and Character Components

Components:扌国

掴 is a phono-semantic compound: 扌 (hand) carries the meaning, while 国 indicates the sound.

Radical: 扌 + 8 more strokes

Meanings of 掴 in Chinese

Words with 掴

  • zhǎng掌guó掴slap, smack

Idioms with 掴

  • guāi掴dǎ打wō挝róu揉bully and coerce with harshness and blandishments
  • yī一guāi掴yī一zhǎng掌xuè血achieve immediate striking results

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