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没 — stroke order

méi
ㄇㄟˊ
Meaning
not
Strokes
7
Radical
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Watch how to write (méi) stroke by stroke. 没 has 7 strokes and means “not”. It appears in common words such as 没有 (haven't) and 没事 (it's not important). 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 没

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

没有méiyǒuhaven't没事méishìit's not important没法méifǎat a loss没用méiyònguseless没错méicuòthat's right没什么méishénmeit doesn't matter

How 没 is written

Radical
Components
Formation
Pictophonetic character — formed from a semantic component 氵 and a phonetic component 殳 (water).

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