贸mào
commerce, trade. 9 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin màoStrokes 9Radical 贝Band HSK 5Words 1
What 贸 is made of
卯 (mǎo, 4th terrestrial branch) and 贝 (bèi, sea shell).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 卯 carries the sound.
How to write 贸
Strokes 1–5 write 卯, then strokes 6–9 write 贝.
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 贸
Words that use 贸
| 贸易 | trade, commerce 指国家或地区间的商品交换活动 港口积极拓展双边贸易。The port actively expanded bilateral trade. Lesson 456, 丹青经纬 · 商海统筹与求真明理 · Commercial Strategy & Rational Inquiry |
Characters that share the sound part 卯
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.