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么 me — “(in 什么)”

How to write and say the Chinese character 么 (me), which means (in 什么) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Question words.

Stroke order笔顺

么 is written with 3 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A tiny twist of thread — a tiny word that tags along after 什 to ask 'what?'

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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