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赠zèng

to give as a gift (bound form). 16 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 5.

Pinyin zèngStrokes 16Radical 贝Band HSK 5Words 3

How to write 赠

Strokes 1–4 write 贝, then strokes 5–16 write 曾.

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Stroke order chart for 赠 — 16 strokes, radical 贝

Write 赠 on the grid

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 赠 · the stroke-order rules

What 赠 is made of

贝 (bèi, sea shell) and 曾 (céng, already).

贝 carries the meaning — money — and 曾 carries the sound.

Words that use 赠

赠(zèng) to give as a gift (bound form)
指把东西无偿送给别人

农场果农忙着采摘蜜桃,赠送给环卫工人。The city union gave a care package to the veteran model worker.

Lesson 522, 展呈华彩 · 知行合一与笃学求真 · Unity of Knowledge and Action & The Pursuit of Truth

赠(zèng)送(sòng) to present as a gift
指郑重地把东西送给他人

农场果农忙着采摘蜜桃,赠送给环卫工人。Farmers presented the sanitation workers with fresh peaches.

Lesson 522, 展呈华彩 · 知行合一与笃学求真 · Unity of Knowledge and Action & The Pursuit of Truth

捐(juān)赠(zèng) to donate, contribute
指无偿赠送财物

向灾区捐赠了一批急需物资。They donated a batch of urgently needed supplies to the disaster area.

Lesson 606, 义捐同心 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行求真 · Moral Benevolence & Relentless Truth

Characters that share the sound part 曾

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

增zēng

More characters with the radical 贝

All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.

贵guì赛sài资zī负fù责zé费fèi赢yíng货huò贝bèi败bài财cái赞zàn购gòu赏shǎng贴tiē贷dài贺hè贸mào赔péi赌dǔ贡gòng赖lài贫pín贯guàn账zhàng赚zhuàn