适 (shì): meaning and stroke order
适 (shì) means to fit, suitable, proper, just (now), comfortable, well, to go, to follow or pursue.
适
- Simplified
- 适
- Traditional
- 適, 适
- Pinyin
- shì · kuò
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Stroke order of 适
适
- kuò see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
- Shì surname Shi
- shì to fit; suitable
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 適
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Meaning of 适
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shì
Traditional 適
- to fit
- suitable
- proper
- just (now)
- comfortable
- well
- to go
- to follow or pursue
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Shì
Traditional 適
- surname Shi
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kuò
- see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
Radical and structure
- 适
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 10 strokes · built from 辶 and 舌
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 适
- 适应 shì yìng to adapt; to fit
- 适合 shì hé to fit; to suit
- 适量 shì liàng appropriate amount
- 舒适 shū shì cozy; snug
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).