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Mythic Mandarin

阐述 (chǎn shù): meaning and stroke order

阐述 (chǎn shù) means to expound (a position), to elaborate (on a topic), to treat (a subject).

阐述

Simplified
阐述
Traditional
闡述
Pinyin
chǎn shù

Stroke order of 阐述

阐

  • chǎn to express; to disclose
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 闡

Stroke by stroke

述

  • shù (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 阐述

  1. chǎn shù Traditional 闡述
    • to expound (a position)
    • to elaborate (on a topic)
    • to treat (a subject)

Radicals of the characters

阐
Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · built from 门 and 单
述
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 9 strokes · built from 辶 and 术

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.

Where you learn it

阐述 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 7–9 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

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).