


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.
xián挦

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Open the tool →挦 (xián) means “To pull or pluck (hair, feathers); to tear” in Chinese.
挦 is pronounced xián in Mandarin Chinese.
挦 has 9 strokes.
挦 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 手. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 挦 is 手.