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过 guò — “to pass; (done before)”

How to write and say the Chinese character 过 (guò), which means to pass; (done before) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.

Stroke order笔顺

过 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

辶 (walk) hints at the meaning, and 咼 lends its sound — together they make 过.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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