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Mythic Mandarin

知音 (zhī yīn): meaning and stroke order

知音 (zhī yīn) means intimate friend, soul mate.

知音

Simplified
知音
Traditional
知音 (same form)
Pinyin
zhī yīn

Stroke order of 知音

知

  • zhī to know; to be aware
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

音

  • yīn sound; noise
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 知音

  1. zhī yīn
    • intimate friend
    • soul mate

Radicals of the characters

知
Radical 矢 (Kangxi radical 111) · 8 strokes · 矢 on the left, 口 on the right
音
Radical 音 (Kangxi radical 180) · 9 strokes · 立 on top, 日 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.

知音 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 真龙十分感动：“人间竟然有这么懂我的知音！我一定要去看看他。”

    zhēnlóng shífēn gǎndòng rénjiān jìngrán yǒu zhème dǒng wǒ de zhīyīn wǒ yídìng yào qù kànkan tā

    The real dragon was deeply moved: "To think there is someone among humans who understands me so well! I must go and see him."

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

Stories using 知音

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).