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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
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  *笔* | 笔* | *笔
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: ,
HSK 2
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  *画* | 画* | *画
to draw; to paint / picture; painting (CL:,張|张) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划)
HSK 2
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  *直* | 直* | *直
straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
HSK 3
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
HSK 4
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  *摸* | 摸* | *摸
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
HSK 4
opportunity / favorable circumstance / stroke of luck
HSK 4
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *横* | 横* | *横
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
HSK 6
journey; travel route; distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process
HSK 6
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  *竖* | 竖* | *竖
to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
HSK 7-9
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  *撇* | 撇* | *撇
to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
HSK 7-9
a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
HSK 7-9
to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丨* | 丨* | *丨
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔
a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *策* | 策* | *策
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
to stroke; to caress
mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
to suffer a paralyzing stroke
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka
strokes of a Chinese character
a stroke of luck / World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会)
vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old)
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抚* | 抚* | *抚
to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磔* | 磔* | *磔
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of ), now called / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
stroke (of a piston)
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捺* | 捺* | *捺
to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of )
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
stroke order (when writing Chinese character)
the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch
circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity
butterfly stroke (swimming)
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 側鋒|侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
to succeed by a lucky stroke
to write off at one stroke
to fondle; to caress; to stroke
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *犭* | 犭* | *犭
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搎* | 搎* | *搎
to rub with the hand / to stroke
to stroke / to caress
to stroke lightly / to caress
to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捋* | 捋* | *捋
to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers / to stroke
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *趯* | 趯* | *趯
to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy
crawl (swimming stroke)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亅* | 亅* | *亅
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6), aka 豎鉤|竖钩
to stop breathing (as a medical condition) / (fig.) to pass out (in anger) / to have a stroke
lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers / to do sth very daring
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
strokes of a Chinese character
stroke / cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral hemorrhage / stroke
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
cerebral stroke
(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
swimming style; swimming stroke
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
stroke in Chinese characters
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
heat stroke (TCM)
(TCM) hemiplegia due to an apoplectic stroke
birdie (one stroke under par in golf)
to have a lucky stroke / to try one's luck
stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
stroke play (golf)
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes (variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型)
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
stroke in Chinese characters
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count

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