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怎 zěn — “how”

How to write and say the Chinese character 怎 (zěn), which means how — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Question words.

Stroke order笔顺

怎 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

心 (heart) hints at the meaning, and 乍 lends its sound — together they make 怎.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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