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这 zhè — “this”
How to write and say the Chinese character 这 (zhè), which means this — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: This & that.
Pinyin · 拼音 zhè
Meaning · 意思 this
Strokes · 笔画 7
Radical · 部首 辶 (walk)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
这 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
The walking radical 辶 carrying 文 — simplified from 這, the one that walks right up to you: this!
A common word常用词
这里
here
Example sentence例句
这是我的家。
This is my home.
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