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校 xiào — “school”
How to write and say the Chinese character 校 (xiào), which means school — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: School & learning.
Pinyin · 拼音 xiào
Meaning · 意思 school
Strokes · 笔画 10
Radical · 部首 木 (tree)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
校 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
木 (wood) hints at the meaning, and 交 lends its sound — together they make 校.
A common word常用词
学校
school
Example sentence例句
我们学校真大。
Our school is really big.
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