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Mythic Mandarin

刑警 (xíng jǐng): meaning and stroke order

刑警 (xíng jǐng) means criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察).

刑警

Simplified
刑警
Traditional
刑警 (same form)
Pinyin
xíng jǐng

Stroke order of 刑警

刑

  • Xíng surname Xing
  • xíng punishment; penalty
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

警

  • jǐng to alert; to warn
  • 19 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 刑警

  1. xíng jǐng
    • criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2])

Radicals of the characters

刑
Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 6 strokes · 开 on the left, 刂 on the right
警
Radical 言 (Kangxi radical 149) · 19 strokes · 敬 on top, 言 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.

刑警 in our stories

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  • 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 刑警

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).