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Mythic Mandarin

另 (lìng): meaning and stroke order

另 (lìng) means other, another, separate, separately.

另

Simplified
另
Traditional
另 (same form)
Pinyin
lìng

Stroke order of 另

另

  • lìng other; another
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 另

  1. lìng
    • other
    • another
    • separate
    • separately

Radical and structure

另
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · 口 on top, 力 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.

Words with 另

另 in our stories

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  • 庙里的墙上有一幅很大的山水画,可是只画了一半,另一半还是白的。

    miào lǐ de qiáng shàng yǒu yì fú hěn dà de shānshuǐhuà kěshì zhǐ huà le yí bàn lìng yí bàn háishi bái de

    On the temple wall was a huge landscape painting, but only half had been painted; the other half was still blank.

    From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5

  • 回奥斯陆的飞机上,她忽然想通了:家不一定只能有一个。一个家在地图上,另一个,在你用心经营的每一天里。

    huí Àosīlù de fēijī shàng tā hūrán xiǎngtōng le jiā bù yídìng zhǐ néng yǒu yí gè yí gè jiā zài dìtú shàng lìng yí gè zài nǐ yòngxīn jīngyíng de měi yì tiān lǐ

    On the plane back to Oslo it suddenly became clear to her: you don't have to have only one home. One is on the map; the other lives in every day you put your heart into.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 有大臣出了个主意:从三面放火烧山,介子推是孝子,一定会背着母亲从另一面出来。

    yǒu dàchén chū le gè zhǔyi cóng sān miàn fànghuǒ shāo shān Jiè Zǐtuī shì xiàozǐ yídìng huì bēi zhe mǔqīn cóng lìng yí miàn chūlai

    A minister suggested setting fire to the mountain on three sides: Jie Zitui was a devoted son and would surely carry his mother out the fourth.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 另

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).