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喝 hē — “to drink”

How to write and say the Chinese character 喝 (hē), which means to drink — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Food & drink.

Stroke order笔顺

喝 is written with 12 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

口 (mouth) hints at the meaning, and 曷 lends its sound — together they make 喝.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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