Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
- 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle... attested in use
- 本 běn (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current... attested in use
- 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fen4] attested in use
- 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested in use
- 点 diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use
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 11 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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“坦白说,我有恐高症。”“你是个胆小鬼!”
"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"
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Ann 是一个小女孩。
Ann is a little girl.
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C语言的变量名是区分大小写的。
Variable names in C are case sensitive.
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Sam比Tom小两岁。
Sam is two years younger than Tom.
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一個小時前雪停了。
It stopped snowing an hour ago.