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English translations
this"Why are some translations grayed out?" Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., these"Why are some translations grayed out?" Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 此 ( cĭ ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers. This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of cĭ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
此 is composed of 6 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
so | besides
此 ( ci / cĭ ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 117)
Chinese example words containing the character 此 ( ci / cĭ )
从此 ( cóngcĭ = from now on ),如此 ( rúcĭ = so ),因此 ( yīncĭ = therefore )
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