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Mythic Mandarin

兄 (xiōng): meaning and stroke order

兄 (xiōng) means elder brother.

兄

Simplified
兄
Traditional
兄 (same form)
Pinyin
xiōng

Stroke order of 兄

兄

  • xiōng elder brother
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 兄

  1. xiōng
    • elder brother

Radical and structure

兄
Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 5 strokes · 口 on top, 儿 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 兄

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).