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Mythic Mandarin

常见 (cháng jiàn): meaning and stroke order

常见 (cháng jiàn) means commonly seen, common, to see sth frequently.

常见

Simplified
常见
Traditional
常見
Pinyin
cháng jiàn

Stroke order of 常见

常

  • Cháng surname Chang
  • cháng always; ever
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

见

  • jiàn to see; to meet
  • xiàn to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 見

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 常见

  1. cháng jiàn Traditional 常見
    • commonly seen
    • common
    • to see sth frequently

Radicals of the characters

常
Radical 巾 (Kangxi radical 50) · 11 strokes · 龸 on top, 吊 below
见
Radical 见 (Kangxi radical 147) in its simplified form · 4 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.

常见 in our stories

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  • 跑步群里一位老跑友告诉她：“新手最常见的错误是跑得太快。只有慢下来，身体才能慢慢适应。”

    pǎobù qún lǐ yí wèi lǎo pǎoyǒu gàosu tā xīnshǒu zuì chángjiàn de cuòwù shì pǎo de tài kuài zhǐyǒu màn xiàlai shēntǐ cái néng mànmàn shìyìng

    An experienced runner in her running group told her: "The commonest beginner's mistake is running too fast. Only when you slow down can your body gradually adapt."

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 常见

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).