(zhàn)

12 strokes

surname Zhan

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhàn
Meaning
surname Zhan
Strokes
12
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵甚

A deep 甚 lake 氵; 甚 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

12 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.

zhàn

Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[Jing4 Zong1] …

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zhànjiāng

see 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4]

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zhàn

see 湛河区

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Zhanjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省

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