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真 zhēn — “real; really”

How to write and say the Chinese character 真 (zhēn), which means real; really — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Stroke order笔顺

真 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

Picture it: a straight 直 (that is, level) table 几.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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