(biāo)

11 strokes

(literary) tiger stripes

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
biāo
Meaning
(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart; (old) classifier for troops
Strokes
11
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿺虎彡

A tiger's 虎 stripes 彡

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

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the lower left.

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.

biāoxiū

angry; wrathful

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biāozhuàng

tall and husky; hefty

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biāo

(dialect) idiot; simpleton

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biāohàn

tough as nails

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línbiāo

Lin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution

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biāo西

Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer

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(idiom) burly chap; husky fellow

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to shine through the ages (idiom)

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