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剩 (shèng): Spare — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 剩

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 剩 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 剩

剩 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
剩
乘chéng
刂dāo · knife
剩=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 剩

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5.

How to Use 剩

Leftover and Surplus

remaining/surplus

剩 (shèng) indicates something left over or in excess.

剩余 • shèng yú • remainder • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
6.

Example Sentences

wǒ我
bǎ把
shèng剩
cài菜
fàng放
jìn进
bīng

Information

Pinyinshèng
Meaningspare
Strokes12
Radical刂
Traditional賸
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#721
Zhuyinㄕㄥˋ
UnicodeU+5269
CangjieBCHHI
乘chéng
+刂dāo · knife
shèng剩
yú余

remainder

过剩 • guò shèng • Surplus • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
guò过
shèng剩

Surplus

冰
xiāng箱
。

I put the leftovers in the fridge.

wǒ我
bǎ把
shèng剩
fàn饭
fàng放
jìn进
le了
bīng冰
xiāng箱
。

I put the leftover rice into the fridge.

wǒ我
měi每
gè个
yuè月
dōu都
huì会
shèng剩
yī一
xiē些
qián钱
。

I spare some money every month.

wǎn晚
fàn饭
hòu后
hái还
shèng剩
xià下
yì一
xiē些
mǐ米
fàn饭
。

There is some rice left after dinner.

zhè这
ge个
yuè月
de的
shèng剩
yú余
shí时
jiān间
bù不
duō多
le了
。

There is not much time left this month.

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