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Animated Stroke Order 冗

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 冗 — animated stroke order
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Stroke Order Diagrams 冗

冗 stroke order diagram
3.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 冗

冗 handwriting practice worksheet preview
4.

How to Use 冗

Common word with 冗

One common HSK word with 冗 is 冗长, meaning "Lengthy".

冗长 • rǒng cháng • Lengthy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
5.

Example Sentences

tā他
de的
yǎn演
jiǎng讲
tài太
rǒng冗
cháng

Information

Pinyinrǒng
Meaningsuperfluous, redundant, excessive
Strokes4
Radical冖
Traditional冗
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2003
Zhuyinㄖㄨㄥˇ
UnicodeU+5197
CangjieBHU
rǒng冗
cháng长

Lengthy

长
le了
，
ràng让
rén人
xiǎng想
shuì睡
jiào觉
。

His speech was too lengthy and made people sleepy.

gōng公
sī司
jué决
dìng定
cái裁
jiǎn减
rǒng冗
yuán员
yǐ以
jié节
shěng省
kāi开
zhī支
。

The company decided to lay off redundant personnel to save costs.

wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
shān删
chú除
rǒng冗
yú余
de的
shù数
jù据
。

We need to delete redundant data.

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