剧jù
TV drama, play. 10 strokes, radical 刂, first met in HSK 3.
What 剧 is made of
居 (jū, to live) and 刂 (dāo, knife).
刂 carries the meaning — knife — and 居 carries the sound.
How to write 剧
Strokes 1–8 write 居, then strokes 9–10 write 刂.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 剧
Words that use 剧
| 剧 | TV drama, play 指舞台或影视上演出的作品 这段经历拍成了电视剧。The episode was later filmed as a TV series. Lesson 605, 洪流义举 · 明辨是非与匡扶正义 · Discerning Truth & Upholding Justice |
| 剧场 | the theater building itself 专门用来演出戏剧或表演节目的建筑 这座剧场能容纳上千名观众。Tonight's opera will be performed at the theater. Lesson 131, 舞台旋律 · 艺术文体与创意休闲 · Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation |
| 话剧 | a spoken stage play 演员用对话表演故事的一种戏剧 这部话剧讲述了一个感人的故事。The drama club rehearsed a stage play for weeks. Lesson 131, 舞台旋律 · 艺术文体与创意休闲 · Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation |
| 京剧 | traditional Beijing opera 中国传统戏剧，演员画着脸谱又唱又演 爷爷特别喜欢看传统京剧表演。Grandpa always enjoys watching Beijing opera on television. Lesson 131, 舞台旋律 · 艺术文体与创意休闲 · Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation |
| 悲剧 | tragedy, tragic event 让人非常悲伤难过的不幸事件 人们决心不让洪水悲剧再次重演。People are determined that this flood tragedy will never repeat. Lesson 388, 守望相助 · 温慰人寰与固本强基 · Warm Solace & Bedrock Fortitude |
| 剧本 | script, screenplay 指戏剧或影视作品的文字底本 青年编剧为国防话剧倾心编写剧本。The young playwright poured his heart into writing the script for the defense drama. Lesson 446, 戎马艺林 · 文武兼修与科学攻坚 · Cultural Elegance & Scientific Frontiers |
| 喜剧 | comedy 指情节诙谐、结局圆满的戏剧 文化下乡带来诙谐喜剧。The rural culture tour brought a witty comedy. Lesson 499, 物安人和 · 清源正本与和乐岁丰 · Clean Springs & Flourishing Countryside |
| 戏剧 | drama, theater 指以表演故事为主的舞台艺术 文化下乡带来传统戏剧。The rural culture tour brought traditional drama. Lesson 499, 物安人和 · 清源正本与和乐岁丰 · Clean Springs & Flourishing Countryside |
| 电视剧 | a television drama series 在电视上播出、讲故事的连续节目 全家人晚上一起看新的电视剧。Every night the family gathers to watch a TV drama. Lesson 132, 影视艺术 · 艺术文体与创意休闲 · Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation |
| 连续剧 | a long-running serial drama 一集接一集，长时间连续播出的故事节目 这部连续剧一共播出了三十集。Fans binge-watched a drama series over the weekend. Lesson 132, 影视艺术 · 艺术文体与创意休闲 · Arts, Culture, Sports & Recreation |
Characters that share the sound part 居
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 刂
All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 刂 radical page.