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现 — stroke order

xiàn
ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Meaning
to appear
Strokes
8
Radical
王
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Watch how to write 现 (xiàn) stroke by stroke. 现 has 8 strokes and means “to appear”. It appears in common words such as 现在 (now) and 发现 (to find). 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 现

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

现在xiànzàinow发现fāxiànto find出现chūxiànto appear现实xiànshíreality实现shíxiànto achieve现场xiànchǎnglit. actual location

How 现 is written

Radical
王
Components
王 + 见
Formation
Ideographic — To see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation.

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