祖先
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祖先 Stroke Order: How to Write 祖先

Pinyin
zǔ xiān
Meaning
ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species
Total strokes
15
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ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

Stroke order
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0 / 9 strokes

祖 — 9 strokes

Radical: 礻 shì (spirit)

Strokes in order

  1. 1.点diǎn · Dot stroke
  2. 2.横撇héng piě · Horizontal left-falling stroke
  3. 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
  4. 4.点diǎn · Dot stroke
  5. 5.竖shù · Vertical stroke
  6. 6.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
  7. 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  8. 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  9. 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke

先 — 6 strokes

Radical: 儿 ér (son, child)

Strokes in order

  1. 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
  2. 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  3. 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
  4. 4.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  5. 5.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
  6. 6.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke

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