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táng — “sugar; sweets”

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

Pinyin · 拼音 táng
Meaning · 意思 sugar; sweets
Strokes · 笔画 16
Radical · 部首 (rice)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

糖 is written with 16 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

米 (rice) hints at the meaning, and 唐 lends its sound — together they make 糖.

A common word常用词

tángguǒ

sweets

Example sentence例句

tángguǒtiántiánde

Sweets are so sweet.

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