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多 duō — “many”

How to write and say the Chinese character 多 (duō), which means many — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.

Pinyin · 拼音 duō
Meaning · 意思 many
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 夕 (evening)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

多 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: two nights 夕, suggesting many.

A common word常用词

很hěn多duō

lots

Example sentence例句

公gōng园yuán里lǐ人rén真zhēn多duō。

There are so many people in the park.

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