掉
HSK 4 · Upper intermediate
掉 Stroke Order: How to Write 掉
- Pinyin
- diào
- Meaning
- to fall; to drop; to lag behind
- Total strokes
- 11
More meanings
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
11 strokes掉 — 11 strokes
Radical: 扌 shǒu (hand)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖钩shù gōu · Vertical hook stroke
- 3.提tí · Rising stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 10.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 11.竖shù · Vertical stroke