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7 strokes

city

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
city; village
Strokes
7
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱口巴

A place 口 where people hope 巴 to settle

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

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

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.

chéng

(literary) towns; cities

Open 城邑 page →
xià

see 夏邑县

Open 夏邑 page →

Dayi County in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan

Open 大邑 page →

Xiayi, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan

Open 夏邑县 page →

Dayi, a county in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

Open 大邑县 page →
píng

see 平邑县

Open 平邑 page →

Pingyi, a county in Linyi City 临沂市, Shandong

Open 平邑县 page →

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