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English translations
to awake, wake, to waken
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 醒 ( xĭng ) 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 xĭng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
醒 is composed of 16 strokes and therefore is of high complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
sober | to come to one's senses
醒 ( xing / xĭng ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1060)
Chinese example words containing the character 醒 ( xing / xĭng )
唤醒服务 ( huànxĭngfúwù = morning call service ),提醒 ( tíxĭng = to remind )