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wǎn — “late; evening”

How to write and say the Chinese character (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 (sun)
Hear it · 听发音
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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

wǎnshang

evening

Example sentence例句

wǎnshangmenkànxīngxing

At night we look at the stars.

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