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刂knife

knife. 2 strokes. 20 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning knifeStrokes 2Characters 20

How to write 刂

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Stroke order chart for the 刂 radical — 2 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 20 characters below, 13 are pictophonetic with 刂 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 20 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 刂 family

HSK 2 · 7

到dào刚gāng划huà刻kè利lì前qián别bié

HSK 3 · 4

创chuàng剧jù制zhì判pàn

HSK 4 · 4

刺cì则zé列liè刷shuā

HSK 5 · 1

剩shèng

HSK 6 · 4

刊kān副fù刮guā剑jiàn

Words they appear in

到(dào)处(chù)everywhere, all over
各个地方，没有一处例外
等(děng)到(dào)to wait until
一直等，直到某个时间点才行动
感(gǎn)到(dào)to feel, to sense
心里对某种情况有了体会
刚(gāng)just, just now
表示事情才过去很短的时间
刚(gāng)刚(gang)just now, a moment ago
表示事情才过去不久，就在眼前发生
刚(gāng)才(cái)just now, a short while ago
指说话前不久的那一小段时间
计(jì)划(huà)plan, project
事先想好要怎么做的安排
见(jiàn)到(dào)to see, catch sight of
亲眼看见某个人或事物
接(jiē)到(dào)to receive (mail, a call, etc.)
收到别人送来的东西
刻(kè)moment, quarter hour
指很短暂的一段时间
流(liú)利(lì)fluent
说话或读书顺畅、不磕巴
面(miàn)前(qián)in front of
某人或某物的正前方
拿(ná)到(dào)to obtain, get
经过努力得到手中
碰(pèng)到(dào)to run into, encounter
意外遇到某人或某事