







滇 is written in 13 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 氵, 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.
滇 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) carries the meaning, while 真 indicates the sound.
Radical: 氵 + 10 more strokes
diān滇

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Open the tool →滇 (diān) means “The abbreviated name for Yunnan Province, often used in terms like Dianhong (Yunnan black tea) or Lake Dian” in Chinese.
滇 is pronounced diān in Mandarin Chinese.
滇 has 13 strokes.
滇 is written in 13 strokes, starting from the radical 氵. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 滇 is 氵, and 滇 is a phono-semantic compound.