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Mythic Mandarin

吸引 (xī yǐn): meaning and stroke order

吸引 (xī yǐn) means to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate.

吸引

Simplified
吸引
Traditional
吸引 (same form)
Pinyin
xī yǐn

Stroke order of 吸引

吸

  • xī to breathe; to suck in
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

引

  • yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 吸引

  1. xī yǐn
    • to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate

Radicals of the characters

吸
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · 口 on the left, 及 on the right
引
Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 4 strokes · 弓 on the left, 丨 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).