卌(xì): forty
5 strokes
forty
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- xì
- Meaning
- forty
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 卌 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿻一？Four tally marks; compare ten 十, twenty 廿, and thirty 卅
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged overlaid.
How to write 卌 step by step
5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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