指南针 (zhǐ nán zhēn): meaning and stroke order
指南针 (zhǐ nán zhēn) means compass.
指南针
- Simplified
- 指南针
- Traditional
- 指南針
- Pinyin
- zhǐ nán zhēn
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Stroke order of 指南针
指
- zhǐ finger; to point at or to
- 9 strokes
Stroke by stroke
南
- Nán surname Nan
- nā used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- nán south
- 9 strokes
Stroke by stroke
针
- zhēn needle; pin
- zhēn variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 針
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Meaning of 指南针
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zhǐ nán zhēn
Traditional 指南針
- compass
Radicals of the characters
- 指
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 旨 on the right
- 南
- Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 9 strokes
- 针
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · 钅 on the left, 十 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.
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).