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9 strokes

sacrifice to drive away calamity

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Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away; to remove
Strokes
9
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰礻去

To banish 去 a spirit 礻; 去 also provides the pronunciation

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

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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.

hán

to dispel cold (TCM)

Open 祛寒 page →
shǔ

to beat the summer heat

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variant of 祛瘀[qu1 yu1]

Open 祛淤 page →
tán

to dispel phlegm (TCM)

Open 祛痰 page →

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