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10 strokes

to cause

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bi4]
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰亻卑

In this compound, supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shǐ使

in order that; so that; so as to; to cause sth

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parapet; to look askance

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to facilitate; thus making easier

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lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

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to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regard…

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Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)

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