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Mythic Mandarin

表示 (biǎo shì): meaning and stroke order

表示 (biǎo shì) means (of sb) to express; to state; to show, (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show.

表示

Simplified
表示
Traditional
表示 (same form)
Pinyin
biǎo shì

Stroke order of 表示

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  • biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females
  • biǎo watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 錶

Stroke by stroke

示

  • shì to show; to reveal
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 表示

  1. biǎo shì
    • (of sb) to express; to state; to show
    • (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
    • expression; manifestation

Radicals of the characters

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Radical 衣 (Kangxi radical 145) · 8 strokes · 龶 on top, 𧘇 below
示
Radical 示 (Kangxi radical 113) · 5 strokes · 二 on top, 小 below

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.

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).