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HSK 69 strokes

baby

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
baby; doll
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰女圭

A girl 女 made of beautiful jade 圭

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

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

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Words with

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

wa
HSK 6

baby

Open 娃娃 page →
è

Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Catholic versions of the Bible)…

Open 厄娃 page →
xià

Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bibl…

Open 夏娃 page →
wa

Chihuahua (dog)

Open 吉娃娃 page →

mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] who turned into bird Jingwei 精卫 aft…

Open 女娃 page →
ér

children (colloquial)

Open 娃儿 page →

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