挑tiāo · tiǎo
to pick, select. 9 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 4.
What 挑 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 兆 (zhào, omen).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 兆 carries the sound.
How to write 挑
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–9 write 兆.
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 挑
Words that use 挑
| 挑 | to pick, select 从很多东西里选出好的 园区从众多方案中挑出优质项目。The park picked out the best projects from many proposals. Lesson 342, 资政强基与恪尽职守 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
| 挑选 | to select, pick out 仔细比较后选出自己喜欢的 小姑娘欢快地挑选着故事书。The little girl happily enjoyed picking out storybooks. Lesson 343, 岁月回甘与全心笃行 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
| 挑战 | to challenge 主动面对困难，试试自己的能力 她敢于挑战眼前的困难。She dared to face the challenges in front of her. Lesson 345, 勇毅逐光与诗趣赤子 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
Characters that share the sound part 兆
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.