椭 Stroke Order — How to Write 椭

Stroke Order

椭 is written in 12 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 木, 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.

椭 Radical and Character Components

Components:木陏

椭 is a phono-semantic compound: 木 (wood) carries the meaning, while 陏 indicates the sound.

Radical: 木 + 8 more strokes

椭 Pronunciation and Pinyin

tuǒ

Meanings of 椭 in Chinese

tuǒ椭

Oval; elliptic, as in '椭圆' (tuǒyuán) meaning 'ellipse' or 'oval shape'.

地球绕太阳运行的轨道是椭圆形的。

The Earth's orbit around the sun is elliptical.

oval; elliptical; egg-shaped

这颗行星的轨道是椭圆的。

The orbit of this planet is elliptical.

Common Words and Phrases with 椭

tuǒ椭qiú球

An ellipsoid is a closed quadratic surface that is a three-dimensional analogue of an ellipse.

地球的形状近似一个椭球体，赤道半径略大于两极半径。

The shape of the Earth approximates an ellipsoid, with its equatorial radius slightly larger than its polar radius.

tuǒ椭yuán圆

An ellipse is a closed oval curve, specifically defined as the locus of all points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from two fixed points (foci) is a constant.