句 (jù): meaning and stroke order
句 (jù) means sentence, clause, phrase, classifier for phrases or lines of verse, variant of 勾.
句
- Simplified
- 句
- Traditional
- 句 (same form)
- Pinyin
- jù · gōu
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Stroke order of 句
句
- gōu variant of 勾[gou1]
- jù sentence; clause
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 句
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jù
- sentence
- clause
- phrase
- classifier for phrases or lines of verse
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gōu
- variant of 勾[gou1]
Radical and structure
- 句
- Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · built from 勹 and 口
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.
Words with 句
- 换句话说 huàn jù huà shuō in other words
句 in our stories
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回家的路上，刘阳看见卖西瓜的，一句话也没说。
huí jiā de lù shàng Liú Yáng kànjiàn mài xīguā de yí jù huà yě méi shuō
On the way home Liu Yang sees the watermelon seller and doesn't say a word.
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
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罗丹一下子紧张了，准备好的话一句也想不起来了。
Luó Dān yíxiàzi jǐnzhāng le zhǔnbèi hǎo de huà yí jù yě xiǎng bu qǐlái le
Luo Dan suddenly gets nervous and can't remember a single word she prepared.
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
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半年后，她有了新朋友，也学会了说一句：“老板，微辣！”
bàn nián hòu tā yǒu le xīn péngyou yě xuéhuì le shuō yí jù lǎobǎn wēi là
Six months later she had new friends, and she had learned to say, "Mildly spicy, please!"
From the story No chilli, please HSK 4
Stories using 句
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- The honest answer HSK 3
- No chilli, please HSK 4
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- A second chance HSK 5
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
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).