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12 strokes

surname Su

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
surname Su
Strokes
12
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱覀米

A millet plant 米 bearing grain 覀

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

12 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.

bāo

(dialect) corn; maize

Open 包粟 page →

(dialect) millet

Open 粟子 page →

corn; maize (dialect)

Open 粟米 page →

Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander

Open 粟裕 page →

(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom)

Open 布帛菽粟 page →

(lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)

Open 沧海一粟 page →

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