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在 zài — “at, in”

How to write and say the Chinese character 在 (zài), which means at, in — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: This & that.

Stroke order笔顺

在 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

土 (earth) hints at the meaning, and 才 lends its sound — together they make 在.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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