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1.

Animated Stroke Order 诵

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 诵 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 诵

诵 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

诵

甬path

诵=讠speech+甬path

Speech (讠) that is recited or chanted (甬) — to read aloud or recite from memory.

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4.

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5.

How to Use 诵

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 诵 works in context.

Forming verbs meaning to recite aloud

诵 acts as a root meaning 'recite' in compound verbs related to memorized or expressive reading.

背诵 • bèi sòng • recite; repeat from memory; say by heart • HSK 6

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bèi背

sòng诵

recite; repeat from memory; say by heart

朗诵 • lǎng sòng • Recitation / to recite aloud • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

lǎng朗

sòng诵

Recitation / to recite aloud

6.

Example Sentences

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

tā他

zài在

bǐ比

sài赛

zhōng中

lǎng朗

sòng诵

le了

yì一

shǒu首

shī诗

。

He recited a poem in the competition.

xué学

shēng生

xū需

yào要

bèi背

sòng诵

zhè这

piān篇

kè

zhè这

shǒu首

shī诗

gē歌

zài在

mín民

jiān间

guǎng广

wèi为

Information

Pinyinsòng

Meaningto recite

Strokes9

Radical讠

Traditional誦

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2881

Zhuyinㄙㄨㄥˋ

UnicodeU+8BF5

CangjieIVNIB

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课

wén文

。

Students need to memorize this text.

chuán传

sòng诵

。

This poem is widely recited among the people.

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