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Explore 87 characters with 3 strokes. Compare pronunciation and meaning, then open any character for animated stroke order and a printable worksheet.

艹ǎo

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

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才cái

ability; talent

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叉chā

fork

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屮chè

plants sprouting

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彳chì

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60)

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亍chù

to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4chu4])

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巛chuān

archaic variant of 川[chuan1]

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川chuān

(bound form) river

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辶chuò

to walk (side part of split character)

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寸cùn

a unit of length

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大dà

big; large; great

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凡fán

ordinary

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飞fēi

to fly

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干gān

dry

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个gè

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)

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廾gǒng

hands joined

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工gōng

work

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弓gōng

a bow (weapon)

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广guǎng

wide

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亼jí

Chinese character

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及jí

and

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彐jì

pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

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彑jì

Chinese character

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己jǐ

self

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孑jié

all alone

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巾jīn

towel

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久jiǔ

(long) time

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孓jué

used in 孑孓[jie2 jue2]

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口kǒu

mouth

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亏kuī

to lose (money); to have a deficit

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马mǎ

horse

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么me

exclamatory final particle

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门mén

gate

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宀mián

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

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卄niàn

twenty, twentieth

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女nǚ

female

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丬pán

"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]

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丌qí

surname Ji

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乞qǐ

to beg

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千qiān

thousand

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犭quǎn

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

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刃rèn

edge of blade

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三sān

three

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山shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

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彡shān

"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)

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上shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

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勺sháo

spoon

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饣shí

"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

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士shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old)

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尸shī

(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)

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扌shǒu

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

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氵shuǐ

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc

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巳sì

6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake

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纟sī

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lu:4], 累[lei4] etc

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夊suī

Chinese character

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土tǔ

earth

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乇tuō

archaic variant of 托[tuo1]

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丸wán

ball

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万wàn

ten thousand

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亡wáng

to die

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亾wáng

Chinese character

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尢wāng

lame

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囗wéi

enclosure

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卫wèi

to guard

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兀wù

cut off the feet

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习xí

(bound form) to practice

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夕xī

dusk

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下xià

down

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乡xiāng

country or countryside

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小xiǎo

small

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忄xīn

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

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卂xùn

(archaic) to fly rapidly

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丫yā

fork

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幺yāo

youngest

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也yě

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)

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义yì

justice

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亿yì

100 million

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弋yì

to shoot

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已yǐ

already

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于yú

to go

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与yǔ

and

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丈zhàng

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

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夂zhǐ

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters

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之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

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子zǐ

son

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⺌⺌

Chinese character

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⺍⺍

Chinese character

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