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Mythic Mandarin

准 (zhǔn): meaning and stroke order

准 (zhǔn) means to allow, to grant, in accordance with, in the light of, accurate, standard, definitely.

准

Simplified
准
Traditional
准, 準
Pinyin
zhǔn

Stroke order of 准

准

  • zhǔn to allow; to grant
  • zhǔn accurate; standard
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 準

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 准

  1. zhǔn
    • to allow
    • to grant
    • in accordance with
    • in the light of
  2. zhǔn Traditional 準
    • accurate
    • standard
    • definitely
    • certainly
    • about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)
    • quasi-
    • para-

Radical and structure

准
Radical 冫 (Kangxi radical 15) · 10 strokes · 冫 on the left, 隹 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.

Words with 准

准 in our stories

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  • 没想到，这个城里来的老师投篮竟然比他们都准，孩子们一下子围了过来。

    méi xiǎngdào zhè gè chéngli lái de lǎoshī tóulán jìngrán bǐ tāmen dōu zhǔn háizimen yíxiàzi wéi le guòlai

    To their surprise, this teacher from the city was a better shot than all of them, and the children instantly crowded round.

    From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5

  • 城里有个算命先生叫袁守诚，算得特别准，渔夫们每天按照他说的方向撒网，总是满载而归。

    chéng lǐ yǒu gè suànmìng xiānsheng jiào Yuán Shǒuchéng suàn de tèbié zhǔn yúfū men měitiān ànzhào tā shuō de fāngxiàng sā wǎng zǒngshì mǎnzài ér guī

    In the city lived a fortune-teller called Yuan Shoucheng whose predictions were remarkably accurate. Every day the fishermen cast their nets where he told them and always came home fully laden.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 准

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).