怎 Stroke Order — How to Write 怎
怎 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 心, 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.
怎 Radical and Character Components
怎 is a phono-semantic compound: 心 (heart) carries the meaning, while 乍 indicates the sound.
Radical: 心 + 5 more strokes
怎 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- zěn
Meanings of 怎 in Chinese
zěn怎
Common Words and Phrases with 怎
More words with 怎
- zěn怎me么néng能How can..., How could...
- zěn怎me么zǒu走How to get there?, Which way?
- bù不zěn怎me么not very, not often
- zěn怎me么shuō说How to say, How do you say
- zěn怎me么zuò做How to do it?, How is it done?
- zěn怎néng能How can, How could
- zén怎gǎn敢How dare, How could
- zén怎kěn肯How could, Why would
- zěn怎me么bàn办What to do?, What should I do?
- zěn怎me么huí回shì事What's wrong?, What happened?
- zěn怎me么yě也no matter what, anyway
- zěn怎me么dōu都no matter what, anyway
- zěn怎me么jiù就How come?, How could?
- zěn怎me么kě可néng能How is that possible?, How can that be?
- bù不zěn怎me么yàng样not good, not great
- méi没zěn怎me么Not much, Not really
- zài再zěn怎me么No matter how, No matter what
- zěn怎me么dǎ打How to hit?, How to dial?
- zěn怎néng能bù不How can one not, How could one not
- bù不zhī知zěn怎me么Somehow, For some reason
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Open the tool →Questions about 怎
What does 怎 mean in Chinese?
怎 (zěn) means “Interrogative pronoun” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 怎?
怎 is pronounced zěn in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 怎 have?
怎 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 怎?
怎 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 心. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 怎?
The radical of 怎 is 心, and 怎 is a phono-semantic compound.