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Mythic Mandarin

加拿大 (Jiā ná dà): meaning and stroke order

加拿大 (Jiā ná dà) means Canada.

加拿大

Simplified
加拿大
Traditional
加拿大 (same form)
Pinyin
Jiā ná dà

Stroke order of 加拿大

加

  • Jiā Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
  • jiā to add; (math.) plus
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

拿

  • ná old variant of 拿[na2]
  • ná variant of 拿[na2]
  • ná to hold; to seize
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㧱

Stroke by stroke

大

  • dà big; large; great; older (than another person)
  • dài see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 加拿大

  1. Jiā ná dà
    • Canada

Radicals of the characters

加
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 5 strokes · 力 on the left, 口 on the right
拿
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 10 strokes · 合 on top, 手 below
大
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 3 strokes · built from 一 and 人

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.

加拿大 in our stories

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  • 大学毕业那年，沈佳去了加拿大读研究生，两个人之间差了十二个小时。

    dàxué bìyè nà nián Shěn Jiā qù le Jiānádà dú yánjiūshēng liǎng gè rén zhījiān chà le shí'èr gè xiǎoshí

    The year they graduated, Shen Jia went to Canada for a master's degree, twelve hours apart.

    From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4

Stories using 加拿大

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).