(héng)

11 strokesTrad.

plover

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
héng
Meaning
plover
Strokes
11
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰行鸟

A wading 行 bird 鸟; 鸟 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : A wading 行 bird 鳥; 鳥 also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

11 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.

jiànhéng

(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Open 剑鸻 page →
héng

Charadriidae (plover family)

Open 鸻科 page →

(bird species of China) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris)

Open 大石鸻 page →

Related characters

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