千部一腔

千部一腔 in English

qiān bù yī qiāng
(idiom) Originally, the various musical departments all performed the same tune. The expression describes works that are formulaic, uniform, and lacking in innovation.

Character breakdown

Stroke order

Le caractère 千 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 千 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 部 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 部 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 一 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 一 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

  • Small seal script: 腔 Small seal script
  • Clerical script: 腔 Clerical script

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

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