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刨 (páo): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 7-9

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刨 (páo): To dig or to plane — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 7-9 Recognition 7-9 Writing 7-9

1.

Animated Stroke Order 刨

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 刨

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3.

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Left-Right

刨

包bāo · wrap

刂dāo · knife

刨=

4.

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5.

Related Words: 刨

刨根问底 • páo gēn wèn dǐ • get to the bottom of things, probe deeply

páo刨

gēn根

wèn问

dǐ底

get to the bottom of things, probe deeply

6.

Example Sentences

tā他

duì对

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

zǒng

Information

Pinyinpáo

Meaningto dig or to plane

Strokes7

Radical刂

Traditional鉋

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2021

Zhuyinㄆㄠˊ

UnicodeU+5228

CangjiePULN

包bāo · wrap

+刂dāo · knife

总

shì是

páo刨

gēn根

wèn问

dǐ底

。

He always gets to the bottom of this issue

tā他

yòng用

gōng工

jù具

páo刨

qù去

mù木

tou头

biǎo表

miàn面

de的

bù不

píng平

zhěng整

chù处

。

He used a tool to plane away the uneven parts on the wood's surface.

xià夏

tiān天

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

chī吃

cǎo草

méi莓

páo刨

bīng冰

。

I like to eat strawberry shaved ice in summer

mù木

jiàng匠

yòng用

páo刨

zǐ子

bǎ把

mù木

bǎn板

páo刨

píng平

。

The carpenter uses a plane to smooth the wood board

Related Characters

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HSK (3.0) Level 7-9

Characters from the same exam level.

裁cáito cut, to reduce, to decide
采cǎito pick, to pluck, to gather
残cánincomplete, damaged, or cruel
惨cǎnmiserable, tragic, cruel
舱cāngcabin; module
蹭cèngto rub lightly; to scrape

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "pao".

咆páoroar
庖paokitchen; a cook
疱pàoacne
炮pàocannon, artillery; firecracker
泡pàoto soak, bubble, or foam
抛pāoto throw, to toss, to discard

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "刂".

刽guìamputate, cut off
剐guǎcut, cut flesh from bones
剿jiǎodestroy, exterminate, annihilate
剽piāorob, plunder; slice off; fast
剥bāoto peel, to skin, to strip off
刑xíngpunishment, penalty

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