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Mythic Mandarin

程序 (chéng xù): meaning and stroke order

程序 (chéng xù) means procedures, sequence, order, computer program.

程序

Simplified
程序
Traditional
程序 (same form)
Pinyin
chéng xù

Stroke order of 程序

程

  • Chéng surname Cheng
  • chéng rule; order
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

序

  • xù (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 程序

  1. chéng xù
    • procedures
    • sequence
    • order
    • computer program

Radicals of the characters

程
Radical 禾 (Kangxi radical 115) · 12 strokes · 禾 on the left, 呈 on the right
序
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 7 strokes · built from 广 and 予

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.

程序 in our stories

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  • 那时候他们穷得连空调都装不起，夏天光着膀子写程序，饿了就泡一碗方便面分着吃。

    nà shíhou tāmen qióng de lián kōngtiáo dōu zhuāng bù qǐ xiàtiān guāng zhe bǎngzi xiě chéngxù è le jiù pào yì wǎn fāngbiànmiàn fēn zhe chī

    Back then they were too poor even for air conditioning. In summer they coded shirtless, and when they were hungry they shared a bowl of instant noodles.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 程序

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).