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Mythic Mandarin

傻 (shǎ): meaning and stroke order

傻 (shǎ) means foolish.

傻

Simplified
傻
Traditional
傻 (same form)
Pinyin
shǎ

Stroke order of 傻

傻

  • shǎ foolish
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 傻

  1. shǎ
    • foolish

Radical and structure

傻
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 13 strokes · 亻 on the left, 𡕩 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.

傻 in our stories

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  • 传说后来,精卫遇到了一只海燕,它不但不笑她傻,反而被她的决心打动,和她结成了夫妻。

    chuánshuō hòulái Jīngwèi yùdào le yì zhī hǎiyàn tā búdàn bú xiào tā shǎ fǎn'ér bèi tā de juéxīn dǎdòng hé tā jié chéng le fūqī

    Legend says that later Jingwei met a petrel; far from laughing at her foolishness, it was moved by her determination, and the two became mates.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 傻

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).