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HSK 7-910 strokesTrad.
Readingsguō

name of a river

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
wō / guō
Meaning
name of a river
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵呙

A mouth 呙 made of water 氵

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : A mouth 咼 made of water 氵

How to write step by step

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

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

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HSK 7-9

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