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晚 wǎn — “late; evening”
How to write and say the Chinese character 晚 (wǎn), which means late; evening — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.
Pinyin · 拼音 wǎn
Meaning · 意思 late; evening
Strokes · 笔画 11
Radical · 部首 日 (sun)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
晚 is written with 11 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation.
A common word常用词
晚上
evening
Example sentence例句
晚上我们看星星。
At night we look at the stars.
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