Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“迈克尔”是一个男名，但是“米歇尔”是一个女名。
"Michael" is a man's name, but "Michelle" is a woman's name.
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A够了，但是B不够。
There was enough of A, but not enough of B.
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Ray乐于证实Gary的故事，但警察仍然不相信他们其中一个说的是事实。
Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
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一个真正的德国人无法忍受法国人，但他很愿意喝他们的酒。
A true German can't stand the French, yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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一开始许多事情看上去不同了，但我很快习惯了我的新生活。
At first many things seemed different, but I soon got involved in my new life.
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不。我很抱歉，但我必须早点回去。
No. I apologise, but I need to leave a bit early.
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不在祖国的时候我很想家，但是在家的时候我又想旅游。
When I'm away from home, I miss it dearly, but when I am at home, I want to travel.
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不要以为我已经忘了你，你在我的脑海中，但我抽不出时间给你写信。
Don't think I've forgotten you already, you've been on my mind, but I haven't been able to take the time to write to you.