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HSK 312 strokes

to gather

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱隹木

Birds 隹 flocking on a tree 木

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.

shōu
HSK 5

to gather

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jiāo
HSK 7-9

(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common groun…

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huì
HSK 7-9

to collect

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zhào
HSK 7-9

to convene; to call together

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HSK 7-9

concentrated

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zhēng
HSK 7-9

to collect

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cǎi
HSK 7-9

to gather

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bìng

union (symbol ∪) (set theory)

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