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Mythic Mandarin

小朋友 (xiǎo péng yǒu): meaning and stroke order

小朋友 (xiǎo péng yǒu) means child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan.

小朋友

Simplified
小朋友
Traditional
小朋友 (same form)
Pinyin
xiǎo péng yǒu

Stroke order of 小朋友

小

  • xiǎo small; tiny
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

朋

  • péng friend
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

友

  • yǒu friend
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 小朋友

  1. xiǎo péng yǒu
    • child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

小
Radical 小 (Kangxi radical 42) · 3 strokes
朋
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 8 strokes · 月 on the left, 月 on the right
友
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 又

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.

小朋友 in our stories

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  • 前半程，殷悦跑得很轻松，甚至有心情看路边的风景，跟加油的小朋友击掌。

    qián bànchéng Yīn Yuè pǎo de hěn qīngsōng shènzhì yǒu xīnqíng kàn lùbiān de fēngjǐng gēn jiāyóu de xiǎopéngyou jīzhǎng

    In the first half Yin Yue ran easily, even finding time to enjoy the scenery and high-five the children cheering by the road.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 小朋友

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).