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Mythic Mandarin

彼此 (bǐ cǐ): meaning and stroke order

彼此 (bǐ cǐ) means each other; one another.

彼此

Simplified
彼此
Traditional
彼此 (same form)
Pinyin
bǐ cǐ

Stroke order of 彼此

彼

  • bǐ that; those
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

此

  • cǐ this; these
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 彼此

  1. bǐ cǐ
    • each other; one another

Radicals of the characters

彼
Radical 彳 (Kangxi radical 60) · 8 strokes · 彳 on the left, 皮 on the right
此
Radical 止 (Kangxi radical 77) · 6 strokes · 止 on the left, 匕 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

彼此 in our stories

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  • 一百多年前的一斗米，就这样在两本旧书里，找到了彼此。

    yìbǎi duō nián qián de yì dǒu mǐ jiù zhèyàng zài liǎng běn jiù shū lǐ zhǎodào le bǐcǐ

    And so a measure of rice from over a century ago found its counterpart across two old books.

    From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 彼此

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).