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Animated Stroke Order 甚

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Stroke Order Diagrams 甚

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
shèn
zhì
zhī
dào
de
míng

He doesn't even know my name.

2
de
yāo
qiú
yǒu
xiē
guò
shèn
le

His request is somewhat excessive.

3
zhè
ge
huà
shèn
hǎo
wán
quán
tóng

This plan is very good, I completely agree.

4
shèn
zhì
lián
píng
guǒ
dōu
huì
chī

He doesn't even know how to eat an apple.

5
jīn
tiān
hěn
lěng
shèn
zhì
xià
xuě
le

It's very cold today, and it even snowed.

6
gōng
zuò
hěn
shèn
zhì
zhōu
zài
jiā
bān

He works very hard, even working overtime on weekends.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#929
Zhuyinㄕㄣˋ
Components
UnicodeU+751A
CangjieTMV
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality