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Mythic Mandarin

这 (zhè): meaning and stroke order

这 (zhè) means (pronoun) this; these, (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun).

这

Simplified
这
Traditional
這
Pinyin
zhè · zhèi

Stroke order of 这

这

  • zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  • zhèi (coll.) this
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 這

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 这

  1. zhè Traditional 這
    • (pronoun) this; these
    • (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
    • (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
  2. zhèi Traditional 這
    • (coll.) this

Radical and structure

这
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 8 strokes · built from 辶 and 文

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 这

这 in our stories

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  • 这是小文家的照片。

    zhè shì Xiǎowén jiā de zhàopiàn

    This is a photo of Xiaowen's family.

    From the story A photo HSK 1

  • 一个女人跑来:“这是我的包!”

    yí gè nǚrén pǎo lái zhè shì wǒ de bāo

    A woman runs up: "This is my bag!"

    From the story Not my bag HSK 1

  • 周亮笑了:“这个错也不错!”

    Zhōu Liàng xiào le zhè gè cuò yě búcuò

    Zhou Liang smiled: "Not a bad mistake!"

    From the story Next Friday HSK 2

Stories using 这

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).