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Animated Stroke Order 盗

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 盗 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 盗

盗 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

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盗=次next+皿vessel

A greedy mouth (欠) desires the water (氵) in a vessel (皿) — to steal or rob something.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 盗

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 盗

HSK words that contain this character.

盗窃

dào qiè

steal; pilfer

强盗

qiáng dào

robber

掩耳盗铃

6.

Example Sentences

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

tā他

yīn因

dào盗

qǔ取

gōng公

sī司

cái

Information

Pinyindào

Meaningto steal

Strokes11

Radical皿

Traditional盜

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#2614

Zhuyinㄉㄠˋ

UnicodeU+76D7

CangjieYBHVO

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yǎn ěr dào líng

deceive oneself

HSK 3.0 L7-9

海盗

hǎi dào

pirate / buccaneer

盗版

dào bǎn

Piracy

防盗

fáng dào

Anti-theft

财

wù物

ér而

bèi被

bǔ捕

。

He was arrested for stealing company property.

jǐng警

fāng方

chéng成

gōng功

pò破

huò获

le了

yì一

qǐ起

dào盗

qiè窃

àn案

。

The police successfully solved a theft case.

qǐng请

wù勿

gòu购

mǎi买

dào盗

bǎn版

ruǎn软

jiàn件

。

Please do not buy pirated software.

zhè这

bù部

diàn电

yǐng影

jiǎng讲

shù述

le了

hǎi海

dào盗

de的

mào冒

xiǎn险

gù故

shì事

。

This movie tells the adventure story of pirates.

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