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习 xí — “to practise”

How to write and say the Chinese character 习 (xí), which means to practise — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: School & learning.

Stroke order笔顺

习 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

Half a pair of wings 羽 — a young bird practising its flying, again and again.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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