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Mythic Mandarin

必 (bì): meaning and stroke order

必 (bì) means certainly, must, will, necessarily.

必

Simplified
必
Traditional
必 (same form)
Pinyin
bì

Stroke order of 必

必

  • bì certainly; must
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 必

  1. bì
    • certainly
    • must
    • will
    • necessarily

Radical and structure

必
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 5 strokes

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.

Words with 必

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).