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1.

Animated Stroke Order 掐

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 掐 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 掐

掐 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

掐

扌shǒu · hand

臽xiàn

掐=

4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 掐

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5.

Example Sentences

liǎng两

gè个

hái孩

zi子

zài在

cāo操

chǎng

Information

Pinyinqiā

Meaningpinch; nip; clutch

Strokes11

Radical扌

Traditional掐

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2335

Zhuyinㄑㄧㄚ

UnicodeU+6390

CangjieQHXU

扌shǒu · hand

+臽xiàn

场

shàng上

qiā掐

jià架

。

Two children were fighting on the playground

tā他

qiā掐

duàn断

le了

diàn电

huà话

xiàn线

。

He cut off the telephone line

tā她

qīng轻

qīng轻

de地

qiā掐

le了

yí一

xià下

wǒ我

de的

gē胳

bo膊

。

She gently pinched my arm.

lǎo老

rén人

qiā掐

suàn算

zhe着

rì日

zi子

děng等

dài待

ér儿

zi子

guī归

lái来

。

The old man counted the days waiting for his son's return

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恰qiàexactly, precisely
洽qiàto harmonize, to negotiate, to be in agreement
卡qiǎto be stuck, to block; checkpoint, clip

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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