(qiǔ)

16 strokes

surname Qiu

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
qiǔ
Meaning
surname Qiu
Strokes
16
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰米臭

Rice 米 that stinks 臭; 臭 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

16 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.

chūqiǔ

(coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen

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qiǔshì

awkward incident

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nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet

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