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几 jǐ — “how many”

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

Pinyin · 拼音 jǐ
Meaning · 意思 how many
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 几 (table)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

几 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: a small table; compare 丌.

A common word常用词

几jǐ个gè

how many?

Example sentence例句

现xiàn在zài几jǐ点diǎn了le?

What time is it now?

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