爻 Stroke Order — How to Write 爻
爻 is written in 4 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 爻, 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.
爻 Radical and Character Components
爻 is an ideographic compound. Two marks 乂 on an oracle bone.
Radical: 爻 + 0 more strokes
爻 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- yáo
Meanings of 爻 in Chinese
yáo爻
Words with 爻
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What does 爻 mean in Chinese?
爻 (yáo) means “Refers to the solid or broken lines (yáo) that form the trigrams and hexagrams in the I Ching. It can also, as part of 'yáoxiàng' (爻象), metaphorically denote the underlying patterns, traces, or the true nature of something” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 爻?
爻 is pronounced yáo in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 爻 have?
爻 has 4 strokes.
How do you write 爻?
爻 is written in 4 strokes, starting from the radical 爻. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 爻?
The radical of 爻 is 爻, and 爻 is an ideographic compound.