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廉颇 (Lián Pō): meaning and stroke order

廉颇 (Lián Pō) means Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国.

廉颇

Simplified
廉颇
Traditional
廉頗
Pinyin
Lián Pō

Stroke order of 廉颇

廉

  • lián old variant of 廉[lian2]
  • lián old variant of 廉[lian2]
  • Lián surname Lian
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㢘

Stroke by stroke

颇

  • Pō surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]
  • pō rather; quite
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 頗

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 廉颇

  1. Lián Pō Traditional 廉頗
    • Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国

Radicals of the characters

廉
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 13 strokes · built from 广 and 兼
颇
Radical 页 (Kangxi radical 181) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 皮 on the left, 页 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.

廉颇 in our stories

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  • 几年后,赵奢去世了。秦国的大军打了过来,赵国派老将廉颇在长平防守。

    jǐ nián hòu Zhào Shē qùshì le Qínguó de dàjūn dǎ le guòlai Zhàoguó pài lǎojiàng Lián Pō zài Chángpíng fángshǒu

    A few years later Zhao She died. A great Qin army invaded, and Zhao sent the veteran general Lian Po to defend Changping.

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

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).