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Mythic Mandarin

最 (zuì): meaning and stroke order

最 (zuì) means (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est.

最

Simplified
最
Traditional
最, 㝡, 冣
Pinyin
zuì

Stroke order of 最

最

  • zuì variant of 最[zui4]
  • zuì old variant of 最[zui4]
  • zuì (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㝡

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 最

  1. zuì
    • (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
    • (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
  2. zuì Traditional 㝡
    • variant of 最[zui4]
  3. zuì Traditional 冣
    • old variant of 最[zui4]

Radical and structure

最
Radical 冂 (Kangxi radical 13) · 12 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.

Words with 最

最 in our stories

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  • 一路上，老爷爷给他讲了很多西安的故事，还告诉他哪儿的羊肉泡馍最好吃。

    yílùshang lǎoyéye gěi tā jiǎng le hěn duō Xī'ān de gùshi hái gàosu tā nǎr de yángròu pàomó zuì hǎochī

    All the way, the old man tells him stories about Xi'an and where to find the best lamb and bread soup.

    From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3

  • 休息了一夜以后，它用最大的力气又跳了一次。

    xiūxi le yí yè yǐhòu tā yòng zuì dà de lìqi yòu tiào le yí cì

    After resting for a night, it jumped once more with all its strength.

    From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

  • 一个人最先画完，可是又给蛇画了脚，结果酒被别人喝了。

    yí gè rén zuì xiān huà wán kěshì yòu gěi shé huà le jiǎo jiéguǒ jiǔ bèi biérén hē le

    One man finished first, but then drew feet on his snake, and in the end someone else drank the wine.

    From the story Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3

Stories using 最

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).