近朱者赤

近朱者赤 in English

jìn zhū zhě chì: (idiom) Associating with good people makes it easier to become better oneself. A person’s surroundings have a strong influence on them.

Character breakdown

近 jìn near
朱硃 zhū (bound form) cinnabar
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is)…
赤 chì red

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 近

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 朱

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 者

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

How it used to be written

近

Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
Clerical script 東漢
See all 12 forms

朱

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 14 forms

者

Bronze script 商代晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 30 forms

赤

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 18 forms

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

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