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桂林 (Guì lín): meaning and stroke order

桂林 (Guì lín) means see 桂林市.

桂林

Simplified
桂林
Traditional
桂林 (same form)
Pinyin
Guì lín

Stroke order of 桂林

桂

  • Guì surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
  • guì cassia; laurel
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

林

  • Lín surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
  • lín (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 桂林

  1. Guì lín
    • see 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4]

Radicals of the characters

桂
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 10 strokes · 木 on the left, 圭 on the right
林
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 8 strokes · 木 on the left, 木 on the right

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.

桂林 in our stories

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  • 在图书馆打工的邵峰对这件事特别好奇，他发现每本书写的都是一个城市：杭州、桂林、大理……

    zài túshūguǎn dǎgōng de Shào Fēng duì zhè jiàn shì tèbié hàoqí tā fāxiàn měi běn shū xiě de dōu shì yí gè chéngshì Hángzhōu Guìlín Dàlǐ

    Shao Feng, who worked part-time in the library, was very curious. He noticed that each book was about a city: Hangzhou, Guilin, Dali…

    From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

  • 楼上的老太太英格丽知道她来自中国，眼睛一亮，说自己年轻时去过桂林，一直记得漓江上的雾。

    lóushàng de lǎo tàitai Yīnggélì zhīdao tā láizì Zhōngguó yǎnjing yí liàng shuō zìjǐ niánqīng shí qù guò Guìlín yìzhí jìde Lí Jiāng shàng de wù

    When old Ingrid from upstairs learned she was from China, her eyes lit up: she had been to Guilin when she was young and still remembered the mist on the Li River.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 桂林

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).