







舔 is written in 14 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 舌, 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.
舔 is a phono-semantic compound: 舌 (tongue) carries the meaning, while 忝 indicates the sound.
Radical: 舌 + 8 more strokes
tiǎn舔

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Open the tool →舔 (tiǎn) means “to lick” in Chinese.
舔 is pronounced tiǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
舔 has 14 strokes.
舔 is written in 14 strokes, starting from the radical 舌. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 舔 is 舌, and 舔 is a phono-semantic compound.
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