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事 — stroke order

shì
ㄕˋ
Meaning
affair
Strokes
8
Radical
亅
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Watch how to write 事 (shì) stroke by stroke. 事 has 8 strokes and means “affair”. It appears in common words such as 事情 (affair) and 故事 (old practice). 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 事

The most common words that use 事 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

事情shìqingaffair故事gùshìold practice事業shìyèundertaking同事tóngshìcolleague事實shìshífact事件shìjiànevent

How 事 is written

Radical
亅
Components
一 + 口 + 彐 + 亅

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