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Mythic Mandarin

留给 (liú gěi): meaning and stroke order

留给 (liú gěi) means to set aside for.

留给

Simplified
留给
Traditional
留給
Pinyin
liú gěi

Stroke order of 留给

留

  • liú old variant of 留[liu2]
  • liú to leave (a message etc); to retain
  • liú old variant of 留[liu2]
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㽞

Stroke by stroke

给

  • gěi to; for
  • jǐ to supply; to provide
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 給

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 留给

  1. liú gěi Traditional 留給
    • to set aside for

Radicals of the characters

留
Radical 田 (Kangxi radical 102) · 10 strokes
给
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 纟 on the left, 合 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.

留给 in our stories

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  • 后来的人常说，我们脚下的每一座山、每一条河，都是盘古留给世界的最后一份礼物。

    hòulái de rén cháng shuō wǒmen jiǎoxià de měi yí zuò shān měi yì tiáo hé dōu shì Pángǔ liúgěi shìjiè de zuìhòu yí fèn lǐwù

    People afterwards would say that every mountain and every river beneath our feet is the last gift Pangu left the world.

    From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 留给

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).