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中 — stroke order
Watch how to write 中 (zhōng) stroke by stroke. 中 has 4 strokes and means “central”. It appears in common words such as 中國 (China) and 中午 (noon). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 中
The most common words that use 中 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
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How 中 is written
- Radical
- 丨
- Components
- 口 ＋ 丨
- Formation
- Ideographic — A line 丨 through the center of a box 口.