Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
应
These are the forms of 應, the traditional character: 应 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
该
These are the forms of 該, the traditional character: 该 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 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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Linux是一个免费的操作系统。你应该去试用一下。
Linux is a free operating system; you should try it.
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不，这样不对。应该设α等于β。
No, that's not right. You have to set α equal to β.
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为了养足精神，你应该早点去睡觉。
You should go to sleep early, for restfulness sake.
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书和朋友应该是宁缺毋滥。
Books and friends should be few but good.
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人应该明白世界在变。
People should understand that the world is changing.
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从他的外表来看，他应该是个有钱人。
Judging from his appearance, he must be a rich man.
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他们肯定是迷路了，不然他们应该已经到了很久了。
They lost their way; otherwise, they would have arrived long ago.
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他应该40岁左右吧。
He must be about forty.