(jiǔ)

9 strokes

leek

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jiǔ
Meaning
leek
Strokes
9
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱非一

Chives 非 growing in the ground 一

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

9 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.

jiǔcài

garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easi…

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(fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors…

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chives (Allium tuberosum)

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jiǔhuáng

yellow chives (Chinese chives grown without sunlight, resulting in white stems and yell…

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Related characters

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