插chā
to insert, stick in. 12 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin chāStrokes 12Radical 扌Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 插
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–12 write 臿.
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 插 · the stroke-order rules
What 插 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 臿 (chā, to separate the grain from the husk).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 臿 carries the sound.
Words that use 插
| 插 | to insert, stick in 把细长的东西放进或穿进某处 队员把警示红旗插在岸旁的沙地里。The crew member stuck the warning flag into the sandy bank. Lesson 398, 破旧图新 · 开拓革新与百业昌盛 · Enterprise Renewal & Vitality |
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.