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Mythic Mandarin

显著 (xiǎn zhù): meaning and stroke order

显著 (xiǎn zhù) means outstanding, notable, remarkable, statistically significant.

显著

Simplified
显著
Traditional
顯著
Pinyin
xiǎn zhù

Stroke order of 显著

显

  • xiǎn to make visible; to reveal
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 顯

Stroke by stroke

著

  • zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic
  • zháo to touch; to come in contact with
  • zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 11 strokes
  • Simplified form: 着

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 显著

  1. xiǎn zhù Traditional 顯著
    • outstanding
    • notable
    • remarkable
    • statistically significant

Radicals of the characters

显
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 业 below
著
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 13 strokes · 艹 on top, 者 below

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.

Where you learn it

显著 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 7–9 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

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).