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的 de — “(links describing words)”

How to write and say the Chinese character 的 (de), which means (links describing words) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.

Stroke order笔顺

的 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

白 (white) plus 勺 (a ladle) for the sound — it once meant 'bright'; now it's the busiest little word in Chinese.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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