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正 zhèng — “just now; upright”

How to write and say the Chinese character 正 (zhèng), which means just now; upright — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Can & must.

Stroke order笔顺

正 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a foot 止 stopping in the right place 一.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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