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游 (yóu): To swim — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 游

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How to write 游 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 游

游 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Center-Right
游=氵water+斿flag streamer

A person (子) with a flag (方) moves through water (氵) — to swim or wander freely.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 游

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 游

HSK words that contain this character.

旅游

lǚ yóu

tourism

HSK 2

游泳

yóu yǒng

swimming

HSK 2

游戏

yóu xì

game

HSK 3

导游

dǎo yóu

lead a site-seeing tour

HSK 4

游览

yóu lǎn

go sightseeing; tour; visit

HSK 5

上游

shàng yóu

head waters; upper reaches (of a river); advanced position

HSK 6
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下游

xià yóu

Downstream

HSK 3.0 L7-9

出游

chū yóu

to go on a tour

HSK 3.0 L6

游人

6.

Example Sentences

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

xià夏
tiān天
wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
qù去
hé河
li里
yóu游
。

In summer, I like to go swimming in the river.

xià夏
tiān天
wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
qù去
hǎi海
biān边
yóu游
hái孩
zi子
men们
zài在
gōng公
yuán园
lǐ里
wán玩
yóu游
wǒ我
men们
jì计
huà划
xià下
gè个
yuè月
qù去
rì日

Information

Pinyinyóu
Meaningto swim
Strokes12
Radical氵
Traditional遊
StructureLeft-Center-Right
Frequency#308
Zhuyinㄧㄡˊ
UnicodeU+6E38
CangjieYSONN
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yóu rén

a tourist

HSK 3.0 L6

游客

yóu kè

traveler

HSK 3.0 L3

游玩

yóu wán

to amuse oneself

HSK 3.0 L4

游船

yóu chuán

pleasure boat

HSK 3.0 L7-9

游行

yóu xíng

parade

HSK 3.0 L7-9

漫游

màn yóu

roam / wander

HSK 3.0 L7-9

郊游

jiāo yóu

Outing

HSK 3.0 L7-9
yǒng泳
。

In summer I like to go swimming at the beach

xì戏
。

The children are playing games in the park

běn本
lǚ旅
yóu游
。

We plan to travel to Japan next month

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