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现 xiàn — “now; to appear”

How to write and say the Chinese character 现 (xiàn), which means now; to appear — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.

Stroke order笔顺

现 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: to see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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