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之所以 (zhī suǒ yǐ): meaning and stroke order

之所以 (zhī suǒ yǐ) means (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P.

之所以

Simplified
之所以
Traditional
之所以 (same form)
Pinyin
zhī suǒ yǐ

Stroke order of 之所以

之

  • zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

所

  • suǒ actually; place
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

以

  • yǐ old variant of 以[yi3]
  • yǐ old variant of 以[yi3]
  • Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㕥

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 之所以

  1. zhī suǒ yǐ
    • (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
    • Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

Radicals of the characters

之
Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 4 strokes
所
Radical 戶 (Kangxi radical 63) · 8 strokes · 戶 on the left, 斤 on the right
以
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 5 strokes

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.

之所以 in our stories

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  • 丝绸之所以能在丝绸之路上卖出像黄金一样高的价钱，正是因为别的国家根本不知道它是怎么做出来的。

    sīchóu zhīsuǒyǐ néng zài Sīchóu zhī Lù shàng mài chū xiàng huángjīn yíyàng gāo de jiàqian zhèngshì yīnwèi biéde guójiā gēnběn bù zhīdao tā shì zěnme zuò chūlai de

    The reason silk could fetch prices as high as gold along the Silk Road was precisely that other countries had no idea how it was made.

    From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 子张的故事之所以流传了两千多年，是因为真正的人才就像真正的龙，有自己的想法，也会说让人不舒服的话，喜欢他们并不容易。

    Zǐzhāng de gùshi zhīsuǒyǐ liúchuán le liǎngqiān duō nián shì yīnwèi zhēnzhèng de réncái jiù xiàng zhēnzhèng de lóng yǒu zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ yě huì shuō ràng rén bù shūfu de huà xǐhuan tāmen bìng bù róngyì

    Zizhang's story has lasted two thousand years because real talent is like a real dragon: it has ideas of its own and says things people find uncomfortable, and loving it is not easy.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 之所以

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).