(dǎo)

HSK 67 strokesTrad.

variant of 岛

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
dǎo
Meaning
variant of 岛
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿹鸟山

A bird 鸟 perched atop a mountain 山

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

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper right.

Traditional form : A bird 烏 perched atop a mountain 山

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.

bàndǎo
HSK 7-9

peninsula

Open 半岛 page →
dǎo屿
HSK 7-9

island

Open 岛屿 page →
zhōngdǎo

Nakajima or Nakashima (Japanese surname and place name)

Open 中岛 page →
xiāndǎo

island of the immortals

Open 仙岛 page →

Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

Open 中沙群岛 page →

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