扦(qiān): short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc
6 strokes
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Meaning
- short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc)
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 扦 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 扦 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 扦
Common words using 扦 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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