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还 hái — “still; also”

How to write and say the Chinese character 还 (hái), which means still; also — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.

Pinyin · 拼音 hái
Meaning · 意思 still; also
Strokes · 笔画 7
Radical · 部首 辶 (walk)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

还 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

The walking radical 辶 under 不 — turning around and coming back; still on the way.

A common word常用词

还hái有yǒu

and also

Example sentence例句

我wǒ还hái有yǒu一yí个gè问wèn题tí。

I have one more question.

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