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例子 (lì zi): meaning and stroke order

例子 (lì zi) means case, (for) instance, example, 个.

例子

Simplified
例子
Traditional
例子 (same form)
Pinyin
lì zi

Stroke order of 例子

例

  • lì example; precedent
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

子

  • zǐ son; child
  • zi noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 例子

  1. lì zi
    • case
    • (for) instance
    • example
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

例
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 8 strokes · 亻 on the left, 列 on the right
子
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 3 strokes · built from 了 and 一

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.

例子 in our stories

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  • 古人以夸父为反面的例子，今天的人却更愿意把他看作一位敢于挑战命运的英雄。

    gǔrén yǐ Kuāfù wèi fǎnmiàn de lìzi jīntiān de rén què gèng yuànyì bǎ tā kànzuò yí wèi gǎnyú tiǎozhàn mìngyùn de yīngxióng

    People of old took Kuafu as a negative example; people today prefer to see him as a hero who dared to challenge fate.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 几百年后，这本书被翻译成了多种语言，而那群“帮忙破案”的苍蝇，也成了法医学课堂上常被提起的例子。

    jǐbǎi nián hòu zhè běn shū bèi fānyì chéng le duō zhǒng yǔyán ér nà qún bāngmáng pò'àn de cāngying yě chéng le fǎyīxué kètáng shàng cháng bèi tíqǐ de lìzi

    Centuries later the book was translated into many languages, and those flies that "helped solve the case" became an example often mentioned in forensic medicine classes.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 例子

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).