(rǎng)

HSK 7-920 strokes

(literary) to push up one's sleeves

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
rǎng
Meaning
(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2]
Strokes
20
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰扌襄

In this compound, the meaning comes from (hand); 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

20 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.

rǎngrǎng
HSK 7-9

(idiom) bustling with activity

Open 熙熙攘攘 page →
rǎng

to wriggle about; to move around

Open 咕攘 page →
kòurǎng

to rob and steal

Open 寇攘 page →
rǎorǎng

bustling; to create trouble; to disturb

Open 扰攘 page →

arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war

Open 兵戈扰攘 page →

to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom)

Open 攘外安内 page →
rǎngrǎng

disorderly

Open 攘攘 page →
rǎngrǎng

see 熙熙攘攘[xi1 xi1 rang3 rang3]

Open 攘攘熙熙 page →

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