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HSK 7-97 strokesTrad. 禿

bald (lacking hair or feathers)

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point); (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
禿

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱禾几

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几

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

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 禿: Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 儿

How to write step by step

7 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.

yuán

spot baldness (alopecia areata)

Open 圆秃 page →
bān

spot baldness (alopecia areata)

Open 斑秃 page →

bald-headed person; baldy

Open 秃子 page →
guāng

bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)

Open 光秃秃 page →
tóu

to bare one's head; to be bareheaded

Open 秃头 page →
yīng

vulture; condor

Open 秃鹰 page →

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