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HSK 611 strokes
Readings

surname Qu

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
qú / jù
Meaning
surname Qu
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱洰木

A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

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.

dào
HSK 6

irrigation ditch

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míng

(open, uncovered) water channel; canal

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àn

underground water channel; covered ditch; culvert

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lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)

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xiàn

Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 达州市, Sichuan

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