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Mythic Mandarin

据说 (jù shuō): meaning and stroke order

据说 (jù shuō) means it is said that; reportedly.

据说

Simplified
据说
Traditional
據說
Pinyin
jù shuō

Stroke order of 据说

据

  • jù variant of 據|据[ju4]
  • jū used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]
  • jù variant of 據|据[ju4]
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㨿

Stroke by stroke

说

  • shuì to persuade
  • shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
  • shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 說

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 据说

  1. jù shuō Traditional 據說
    • it is said that; reportedly

Radicals of the characters

据
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 11 strokes · 扌 on the left, 居 on the right
说
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 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.

据说 in our stories

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  • 据说在五千年前,人们还只会用兽皮和树叶做衣服,冬天太冷,夏天又太热。

    jùshuō zài wǔqiān nián qián rénmen hái zhǐ huì yòng shòupí hé shùyè zuò yīfu dōngtiān tài lěng xiàtiān yòu tài rè

    It is said that five thousand years ago people could only make clothes from animal skins and leaves: too cold in winter and too hot in summer.

    From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 鲁哀公读完,据说十分惭愧,可子张早已离开了鲁国。

    Lǔ Āigōng dú wán jùshuō shífēn cánkuì kě Zǐzhāng zǎoyǐ líkāi le Lǔguó

    It is said that when Duke Ai read it he was deeply ashamed, but Zizhang had long since left Lu.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 许多年后,她的儿子考中了状元,回到塔前祭拜母亲。据说他的孝心感动了上天,雷峰塔倒了,母子终于团聚。

    xǔduō nián hòu tā de érzi kǎo zhōng le zhuàngyuan huídào tǎ qián jìbài mǔqīn jùshuō tā de xiàoxīn gǎndòng le shàngtiān Léifēng Tǎ dǎo le mǔzǐ zhōngyú tuánjù

    Many years later her son came first in the imperial examinations and returned to the pagoda to honour his mother. It is said his devotion moved Heaven: the Leifeng Pagoda fell, and mother and son were at last reunited.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 据说

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).