(cuò)

10 strokes

to lay in place

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
cuò
Meaning
to lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸厂昔

A building 厂 containing the past 昔

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

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.

(Tw) row house; townhouse; terrace house

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lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)

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to add fuel to the flames

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Related characters

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