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叼 (diāo): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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叼 (diāo): Hold in the mouth — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 叼

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How to write 叼 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 叼

叼 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

叼=口mouth+刁tricky

The mouth (口) holds something like a hook (刁) — to hold in the mouth, as a bird with a twig.

4.

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5.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 叼 is used in context

tā他

xí习

guàn惯

diāo叼

zhe着

yān烟

sī

Information

Pinyindiāo

Meaninghold in the mouth

Strokes5

Radical口

Traditional叼

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2055

Zhuyinㄉㄧㄠ

UnicodeU+53FC

CangjieRSH

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思

kǎo考

wèn问

tí题

。

He is used to thinking with a cigarette in his mouth

xiǎo小

gǒu狗

diāo叼

zhe着

qiú球

pǎo跑

guò过

lái来

。

The puppy runs over holding a ball in its mouth

lǎo老

yīng鹰

diāo叼

zǒu走

le了

chí池

táng塘

lǐ里

de的

xiǎo小

yú鱼

。

The eagle carried away the small fish from the pond

Nà那

zhī只

gǒu狗

diāo叼

zhe着

yī一

gēn根

gǔ骨

tou头

pǎo跑

le了

guò过

lái来

。

That dog came running over with a bone held in its mouth.

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