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找 zhǎo — “to look for”

How to write and say the Chinese character 找 (zhǎo), which means to look for — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Everyday actions.

Stroke order笔顺

找 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: to go searching with a spear 戈 in hand 扌.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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