泡pào
to steep, brew. 8 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin pàoStrokes 8Radical 氵Band HSK 6Words 1
What 泡 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 包 (bāo, wrap).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 包 carries the sound.
How to write 泡
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–8 write 包.
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 泡
Words that use 泡
| 泡 | to steep, brew 指用开水冲开茶叶 母亲在场边泡了热茶等他。She brewed hot tea and waited by the pitch. Lesson 624, 赛场扭伤 · 沧溟泛彩与物华天宝 · Aquatic Exploration & Natural Bounty |
Characters that share the sound part 包
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 75 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.