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Mythic Mandarin

千方百计 (qiān fāng bǎi jì): meaning and stroke order

千方百计 (qiān fāng bǎi jì) means lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means.

千方百计

Simplified
千方百计
Traditional
千方百計
Pinyin
qiān fāng bǎi jì

Stroke order of 千方百计

千

  • qiān thousand
  • qiān used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 韆

Stroke by stroke

方

  • Fāng surname Fang
  • fāng square; power or involution (math.)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

百

  • Bǎi surname Bai
  • bǎi hundred; numerous
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

计

  • Jì surname Ji
  • jì to calculate; to compute
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 計

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 千方百计

  1. qiān fāng bǎi jì Traditional 千方百計
    • lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

Radicals of the characters

千
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 3 strokes
方
Radical 方 (Kangxi radical 70) · 4 strokes · 丶 on top, 万 below
百
Radical 白 (Kangxi radical 106) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 白 below
计
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 4 strokes · 讠 on the left, 十 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.

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).