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挦 Stroke Order — How to Write 挦

Stroke Order

挦 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 手, 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.

挦 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • xián

Meanings of 挦 in Chinese

1

xián挦

To pull or pluck (hair, feathers); to tear.
她轻轻地挦扯着猫咪的毛发,给它梳理
She gently pulled at the cat's fur, grooming it.
To pluck or pull out (words or phrases) from text.
从这篇文章中,我挦出了一些重要的句子。
From this article, I plucked out some important sentences.

Words with 挦

  • xún挦chū出pull out, pluck out

Idioms with 挦

  • xián挦máo毛dǎo捣bìn鬓to pull hair and slap faces
  • xián挦mián绵chě扯xù絮heavy snowfall with large, dense flakes
  • xián挦zhāng章chě扯jù句selectively extract text fragments
  • dōng东xián挦xī西chě扯scrape together resources from various sources

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Questions about 挦

What does 挦 mean in Chinese?

挦 (xián) means “To pull or pluck (hair, feathers); to tear” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 挦?

挦 is pronounced xián in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 挦 have?

挦 has 9 strokes.

How do you write 挦?

挦 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 手. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 挦?

The radical of 挦 is 手.

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