(shuò)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad.

bright

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
shuò
Meaning
bright; luminous
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰火乐

The happy 乐 light of a flame 火

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : The happy 樂 light of a flame 火

How to write step by step

9 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.

shǎnshuò
HSK 7-9

to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate

Open 闪烁 page →
shuò

to twinkle; to glimmer; to glisten

Open 熠烁 page →
shuòshuò

flickering; glittering

Open 烁烁 page →

to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush

Open 闪烁其词 page →

(lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)

Open 震古烁今 page →

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