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广州 (Guǎng zhōu): meaning and stroke order

广州 (Guǎng zhōu) means see 广州市.

广州

Simplified
广州
Traditional
廣州
Pinyin
Guǎng zhōu

Stroke order of 广州

广

  • yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • Guǎng surname Guang
  • guǎng wide; numerous
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 廣

Stroke by stroke

州

  • zhōu prefecture; (old) province
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 广州

  1. Guǎng zhōu Traditional 廣州
    • see 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4]

Radicals of the characters

广
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 3 strokes · 丶 on top, 厂 below
州
Radical 巛 (Kangxi radical 47) · 6 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.

广州 in our stories

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  • 孟凯第一次一个人出差，公司派他去广州跟一家大客户谈合作。

    Mèng Kǎi dì-yī cì yí gè rén chūchāi gōngsī pài tā qù Guǎngzhōu gēn yì jiā dà kèhù tán hézuò

    Meng Kai was on his first business trip alone: the company had sent him to Guangzhou to discuss working with a big client.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

Stories using 广州

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).