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Mythic Mandarin

项链 (xiàng liàn): meaning and stroke order

项链 (xiàng liàn) means necklace, 条.

项链

Simplified
项链
Traditional
項鏈
Pinyin
xiàng liàn

Stroke order of 项链

项

  • Xiàng surname Xiang
  • xiàng back of neck; item
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 項

Stroke by stroke

链

  • liàn chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 鏈

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 项链

  1. xiàng liàn Traditional 項鏈
    • necklace
    • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Radicals of the characters

项
Radical 页 (Kangxi radical 181) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 工 on the left, 页 on the right
链
Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 12 strokes · 钅 on the left, 连 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.

项链 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 晚上十一点半，刑警骆驰接到电话：甄太太家进了小偷，一条很贵的钻石项链不见了。

    wǎnshang shíyī diǎn bàn xíngjǐng Luò Chí jiēdào diànhuà Zhēn tàitai jiā jìn le xiǎotōu yì tiáo hěn guì de zuànshí xiàngliàn bú jiàn le

    At half past eleven at night, detective Luo Chi got a call: a burglar had broken into Mrs Zhen's home and a very expensive diamond necklace was gone.

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

Stories using 项链

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).