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English translations
to wait, grade, to be the same as, to await, to be equal to, rank, etc.
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 等 ( dĕng ) 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 dĕng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
等 is composed of 12 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to wait | can also be used at the end of a list in terms of 'etc.'
等 ( deng / dĕng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 146)
Chinese example words containing the character 等 ( deng / dĕng )
等待 ( dĕngdài = to wait ),等于 ( dĕngyú = to be equal to ),何等 ( hédĕng = how ),头等舱 ( tóudĕngcāng = first class )