中外古今

中外古今 in English

zhōng wài gǔ jīn: (idiom) It refers to both China and foreign countries, and to all periods from ancient times to the present. More broadly, it describes a vast span of time and space.

Character breakdown

中 zhōng within
外 wài outside
古 gǔ ancient
今 jīn now

Stroke order

Le caractère 中 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 中

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 外 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 外

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 古 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 古

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 今 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 今

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

中

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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外

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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古

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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今

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 15 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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