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Mythic Mandarin

即使 (jí shǐ): meaning and stroke order

即使 (jí shǐ) means even if; even though.

即使

Simplified
即使
Traditional
即使 (same form)
Pinyin
jí shǐ

Stroke order of 即使

即

  • jí namely; that is
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

使

  • shǐ to make; to cause
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 即使

  1. jí shǐ
    • even if; even though

Radicals of the characters

即
Radical 卩 (Kangxi radical 26) · 7 strokes
使
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 8 strokes · 亻 on the left, 吏 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.

Where you learn it

即使 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 5 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

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).