很 Stroke Order — How to Write 很
很 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 彳, 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.
很 Radical and Character Components
很 is a phono-semantic compound: 彳 (step) carries the meaning, while 艮 indicates the sound.
Radical: 彳 + 6 more strokes
很 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- hěn
Meanings of 很 in Chinese
hěn很
Words with 很
- hěn很dà大big, large
- hěn很duō多a lot, many
- hén很hǎo好Very good, Good
- hén很jiǔ久a long time, long ago
- hěn很kuài快Soon, Quickly
- hěn很nán难difficult, hard
- hěn很qiáng强Strong, Powerful
- hén很shǎo少few, little
- hěn很cháng长very long
- hěn很gāo高very high, very tall
- hěn很máng忙Very busy, Swamped
- hěn很shēn深very deep, profound
- hén很xiǎo小small, tiny
- hén很ǎi矮very short, short
- hěn很báo薄thin, flimsy
- hěn很chà差Poor, Bad
- hěn很dī低very low, quite low
- hén很duǎn短very short, brief
- hěn很duō多rén人many people, a lot of people
- hěn很hòu厚thick, very thick
Idioms with 很
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Open the tool →Questions about 很
What does 很 mean in Chinese?
很 (hěn) means “very” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 很?
很 is pronounced hěn in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 很 have?
很 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 很?
很 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 彳. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 很?
The radical of 很 is 彳, and 很 is a phono-semantic compound.