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得 de — “(links action and how)”
How to write and say the Chinese character 得 (de), which means (links action and how) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.
Pinyin · 拼音 de
Meaning · 意思 (links action and how)
Strokes · 笔画 11
Radical · 部首 彳 (step)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
得 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
Picture it: a hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦.
A common word常用词
跑得快
runs fast
Example sentence例句
哥哥跑得真快。
Big brother runs so fast.
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