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HSK 7-912 strokesTrad.
Readings

dried meat

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
là / xī
Meaning
dried meat; also pr. [xi2]
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⺼昔

A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔

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

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : meat

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

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