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蛋 dàn — “egg”

How to write and say the Chinese character 蛋 (dàn), which means egg — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Food & drink.

Pinyin · 拼音 dàn
Meaning · 意思 egg
Strokes · 笔画 11
Radical · 部首 虫 (insect)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

蛋 is written with 11 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

虫 (insect) hints at the meaning, and 延 lends its sound — together they make 蛋.

A common word常用词

鸡jī蛋dàn

egg

Example sentence例句

早zǎo饭fàn我wǒ吃chī了le鸡jī蛋dàn。

I had an egg for breakfast.

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