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Mythic Mandarin

独立 (dú lì): meaning and stroke order

独立 (dú lì) means independent, independence, to stand alone.

独立

Simplified
独立
Traditional
獨立
Pinyin
dú lì

Stroke order of 独立

独

  • dú alone; independent
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 獨

Stroke by stroke

立

  • Lì surname Li
  • lì to stand; to set up
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 独立

  1. dú lì Traditional 獨立
    • independent
    • independence
    • to stand alone

Radicals of the characters

独
Radical 犬 (Kangxi radical 94) · 9 strokes · 犭 on the left, 虫 on the right
立
Radical 立 (Kangxi radical 117) · 5 strokes · 亠 on top, 䒑 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).