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实际 (shí jì): meaning and stroke order

实际 (shí jì) means reality, practice, practical, realistic, real, actual.

实际

Simplified
实际
Traditional
實際
Pinyin
shí jì

Stroke order of 实际

实

  • shí real; true
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 實

Stroke by stroke

际

  • jì border; edge
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 際

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 实际

  1. shí jì Traditional 實際
    • reality
    • practice
    • practical
    • realistic
    • real
    • actual

Radicals of the characters

实
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 8 strokes · 宀 on top, 头 below
际
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 7 strokes · 阝 on the left, 示 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.

实际 in our stories

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  • 后来，人们就用“纸上谈兵”形容只会讲书本上的道理、不会解决实际问题的人。

    hòulái rénmen jiù yòng zhǐshàngtánbīng xíngróng zhǐ huì jiǎng shūběn shàng de dàoli bú huì jiějué shíjì wèntí de rén

    Later people used "fighting battles on paper" to describe those who can only talk about theories from books and can't solve real problems.

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

  • 邱大姐这才开口：“按照法律，邻居之间应该本着方便生活、团结互助、公平合理的原则来解决问题。树是郝大爷的，可伸过墙的树枝给贝女士带来了实际的损失，这也是事实。”

    Qiū dàjiě zhè cái kāikǒu ànzhào fǎlǜ línjū zhījiān yīnggāi běnzhe fāngbiàn shēnghuó tuánjié hùzhù gōngpíng hélǐ de yuánzé lái jiějué wèntí shù shì Hǎo dàye de kě shēn guò qiáng de shùzhī gěi Bèi nǚshì dàilái le shíjì de sǔnshī zhè yě shì shìshí

    Only then did Sister Qiu speak: "Under the law, neighbours should settle problems in a spirit of convenience, solidarity and mutual help, fairness and reason. The tree is Mr Hao's, but the branches over the wall have caused Ms Bei real losses; that's a fact too."

    From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 实际

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).