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Mythic Mandarin

一见如故 (yī jiàn rú gù): meaning and stroke order

一见如故 (yī jiàn rú gù) means familiarity at first sight.

一见如故

Simplified
一见如故
Traditional
一見如故
Pinyin
yī jiàn rú gù

Stroke order of 一见如故

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

见

  • jiàn to see; to meet
  • xiàn to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 見

Stroke by stroke

如

  • rú as; as if
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

故

  • gù happening; instance
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一见如故

  1. yī jiàn rú gù Traditional 一見如故
    • familiarity at first sight

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
见
Radical 见 (Kangxi radical 147) in its simplified form · 4 strokes
如
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 6 strokes · 女 on the left, 口 on the right
故
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 9 strokes · 古 on the left, 攵 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.

一见如故 in our stories

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  • 路上，她遇到了一个去同一所书院的书生梁山伯。两人一见如故，就在路边结拜成了兄弟。

    lù shàng tā yùdào le yí gè qù tóng yì suǒ shūyuàn de shūshēng Liáng Shānbó liǎng rén yíjiànrúgù jiù zài lùbiān jiébài chéng le xiōngdì

    On the way she met a scholar, Liang Shanbo, heading for the same academy. They got on like old friends at once and swore brotherhood by the roadside.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 一见如故

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).