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Mythic Mandarin

县 (xiàn): meaning and stroke order

县 (xiàn) means county.

县

Simplified
县
Traditional
縣
Pinyin
xiàn

Stroke order of 县

县

  • xiàn county
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 縣

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 县

  1. xiàn Traditional 縣
    • county

Radical and structure

县
Radical 厶 (Kangxi radical 28) · 7 strokes · 且 on top, 厶 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.

Words with 县

县 in our stories

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  • “听说县里的包大人断案如神,求您带我去见他!”

    tīngshuō xiàn lǐ de Bāo dàren duàn'àn rú shén qiú nín dài wǒ qù jiàn tā

    "They say Lord Bao, the county magistrate, judges cases like a god. Please take me to him!"

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 县

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).