蛋dàn · dàng
egg(s), a food item laid by birds. 11 strokes, radical 虫, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 蛋
Strokes 1–5 write 疋, then strokes 6–11 write 虫.
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 蛋 · the stroke-order rules
What 蛋 is made of
疋 (pǐ, roll) and 虫 (chóng, insect).
虫 carries the meaning — insect — and 延 carries the sound.
Words that use 蛋
| 蛋 | egg(s), a food item laid by birds 鸡或其他禽类产下、可以吃的食物 妈妈煮了两个鸡蛋当早餐。Mum boiled two eggs for breakfast. Lesson 16, 坐地铁 · 广阔天地与日常见闻 · Nature, Community & Everyday Vistas |
| 蛋糕 | cake 一种用面粉、鸡蛋和糖等烤制的甜点 庆功宴上大家共享美味蛋糕。At the celebration banquet everyone shared a delicious cake. Lesson 411, 时代担当 · 权变谋断与山川定序 · Resourcefulness & Territorial Order |
| 鸡蛋 | egg 母鸡生下来的蛋熟了可以吃 我只吃了一片面包和一个煮鸡蛋，现在肚子正好有点饿呢。I only had a slice of bread and a boiled egg, so I'm actually a bit hungry now. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 7, 厨房里的早点 |
Characters that share the sound part 延
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.