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Mythic Mandarin

朝着 (cháo zhe): meaning and stroke order

朝着 (cháo zhe) means towards.

朝着

Simplified
朝着
Traditional
朝著
Pinyin
cháo zhe

Stroke order of 朝着

朝

  • Cháo abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
  • cháo imperial or royal court; government
  • zhāo morning
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

着

  • zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic
  • zháo to touch; to come in contact with
  • zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 著

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 朝着

  1. cháo zhe Traditional 朝著
    • towards

Radicals of the characters

朝
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 12 strokes · 𠦝 on the left, 月 on the right
着
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 12 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.

朝着 in our stories

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  • 夸父却说：“不试一试，怎么知道追不上？”说完，他迈开大步，朝着太阳奔去。

    Kuāfù què shuō bú shì yí shì zěnme zhīdao zhuī bú shàng shuōwán tā màikāi dàbù cháozhe tàiyáng bēn qù

    But Kuafu said: "How do we know we can't catch it if we don't try?" With that he strode off towards the sun.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 朝着

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).