填tián
to fill in. 13 strokes, radical 土, first met in HSK 4.
How to write 填
Strokes 1–3 write 土, then strokes 4–13 write 真.
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 填 · the stroke-order rules
What 填 is made of
土 (tǔ, soil) and 真 (zhēn, real).
土 carries the meaning — earth — and 真 carries the sound.
Words that use 填
| 填 | to fill in 把空缺的地方补满 医生指导老人认真填写表格。The doctor guided the elderly to carefully fill in the form. Lesson 343, 岁月回甘与全心笃行 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
| 填空 | fill-in-the-blank 在空白处补上正确答案的练习题 员工要认真完成填空练习。Staff must carefully finish a fill-in-the-blank test. Lesson 344, 维权明晰与合意套餐 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
Characters that share the sound part 真
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 土
All 34 of them, and what the radical means, on the 土 radical page.