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之 — stroke order
zhī
ㄓ
- Meaning
- marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿
Watch how to write 之 (zhī) stroke by stroke. 之 has 3 strokes and means “marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase”. It appears in common words such as 之後 (afterwards) and 之前 (before). 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 之
The most common words that use 之 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
How 之 is written
- Radical
- 丿
- Formation
- Ideographic — A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止.