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Mythic Mandarin

利弊 (lì bì): meaning and stroke order

利弊 (lì bì) means pros and cons, merits and drawbacks, advantages and disadvantages.

利弊

Simplified
利弊
Traditional
利弊 (same form)
Pinyin
lì bì

Stroke order of 利弊

利

  • Lì surname Li
  • lì sharp; favorable
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

弊

  • bì detriment; fraud
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 利弊

  1. lì bì
    • pros and cons
    • merits and drawbacks
    • advantages and disadvantages

Radicals of the characters

利
Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 7 strokes · 禾 on the left, 刂 on the right
弊
Radical 廾 (Kangxi radical 55) · 14 strokes · 敝 on top, 廾 below

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.

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).