径jìng
path, diameter; straight, direct. 8 strokes, radical 彳, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin jìngStrokes 8Radical 彳Band HSK 6Words 2
How to write 径
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 径 · the stroke-order rules
What 径 is made of
彳 (chì, to step with the left foot), 又 (yòu, and) and 工 (gōng, labor).
彳 carries the meaning — step — and 工 carries the sound.
Words that use 径
| 田径 | track and field, athletics 指跑跳投等运动项目 学校办了一场田径运动会。The school held an athletics meeting. Lesson 651, 田间赛场 · 生态文明与绿水青山 · Ecological Balance & Environmental Harmony |
| 途径 | way, channel 指办成事情的门路 这条新的途径省了不少时间。This new route saved a good deal of time. Lesson 654, 团队售票 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
Characters that share the sound part 工
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 彳
All 13 of them, and what the radical means, on the 彳 radical page.