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HSK 7-95 strokes

to stick out

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿰??一

A rectangle with a bulge

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

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiǎn
HSK 7-9

to stand out clearly; to make prominent

Open 凸显 page →

convex on both sides (of lens); biconvex

Open 凸凸 page →
chū

to protrude; to stick out

Open 凸出 page →
xiàn

to come to prominence

Open 凸现 page →
āo

concave or convex

Open 凹凸 page →

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