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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.

ǎo

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

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cái

ability; talent

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chā

fork

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chè

plants sprouting

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chì

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60)

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chù

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

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chuān

archaic variant of 川[chuan1]

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chuān

(bound form) river

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chuò

to walk (side part of split character)

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cùn

a unit of length

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big; large; great

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fán

ordinary

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fēi

to fly

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gān

dry

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

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gǒng

hands joined

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gōng

work

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gōng

a bow (weapon)

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广guǎng

wide

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and

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pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

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self

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jié

all alone

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jīn

towel

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jiǔ

(long) time

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jué

used in 孑孓[jie2 jue2]

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kǒu

mouth

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kuī

to lose (money); to have a deficit

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horse

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me

exclamatory final particle

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mén

gate

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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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niàn

twenty, twentieth

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female

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pán

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

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surname Ji

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to beg

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qiān

thousand

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quǎn

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

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rèn

edge of blade

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sān

three

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shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

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shān

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

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shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

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sháo

spoon

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shí

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

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shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old)

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shī

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

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shǒu

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

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shuǐ

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

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

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

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suī

Chinese character

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earth

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tuō

archaic variant of 托[tuo1]

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wán

ball

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wàn

ten thousand

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wáng

to die

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wáng

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wāng

lame

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wéi

enclosure

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wèi

to guard

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cut off the feet

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(bound form) to practice

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dusk

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xià

down

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xiāng

country or countryside

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xiǎo

small

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xīn

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

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xùn

(archaic) to fly rapidly

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fork

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yāo

youngest

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

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justice

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亿

100 million

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to shoot

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already

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to go

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and

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zhàng

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

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zhǐ

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters

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zhī

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

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son

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