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得 — stroke order

dé
ㄉㄜˊ
Meaning
to obtain
Strokes
11
Radical
彳
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Watch how to write 得 (dé) stroke by stroke. 得 has 11 strokes and means “to obtain”. It appears in common words such as 獲得 (to obtain) and 覺得 (to think). 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 得

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

獲得huòdéto obtain覺得juédeto think得到dédàoto get記得jìdeto remember值得zhídeto be worth懂得dǒngdeto understand

How 得 is written

Radical
彳
Components
彳 + 旦 + 寸
Formation
Ideographic — A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦.

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